One-trip container liners continue to be the preferred choice of many exporters/receivers of dry bulk commodities on both cost and environmental grounds.

Flexitank design, manufacture and services are evolving rapidly in a very competitive market. Despite the low entry threshold, customer concerns about quality favour the established players

As most global box trades continue to perform strongly, there is no let up in demand for one-trip liner bags used to containerise dry bulk commodities. This is attracting ever more suppliers into the field and driving further product innovation

Despite the tight margins that persist in the industry, the flexitank sector has exhibited many positive signs over the past 12 months. Not least of these are a rapid maturing of the services on offer and unprecedented market growth

The big news in the flexitank sector in 2000 has been the emergence of a new generation of single-trip systems based on polyethylene (PE)-based materials. The new flexitanks are competitively priced, recyclable, easily handled and resistant to oxygen permeation and moisture migration. The latter property makes them attractive for the carriage of foodgrade products – not least wine in bulk, an increasingly important market for flexitanks.

One-trip container liners continue to be the preferred choice of many exporters/receivers of dry bulk commodities on both cost and environmental grounds.

Flexitank design, manufacture and services are evolving rapidly in a very competitive market. Despite the low entry threshold, customer concerns about quality favour the established players

As most global box trades continue to perform strongly, there is no let up in demand for one-trip liner bags used to containerise dry bulk commodities. This is attracting ever more suppliers into the field and driving further product innovation

Despite the tight margins that persist in the industry, the flexitank sector has exhibited many positive signs over the past 12 months. Not least of these are a rapid maturing of the services on offer and unprecedented market growth

The big news in the flexitank sector in 2000 has been the emergence of a new generation of single-trip systems based on polyethylene (PE)-based materials. The new flexitanks are competitively priced, recyclable, easily handled and resistant to oxygen permeation and moisture migration. The latter property makes them attractive for the carriage of foodgrade products – not least wine in bulk, an increasingly important market for flexitanks.