Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., launched a filling machine that uses electron beams—not hydrogen peroxide—to sterilize packaging material.
At the heart of the new machine is the eBeam sterilization technology, which was developed by Tetra Pak in collaboration with COMET Technologies USA, Inc., a Shelton, Conn.-based provider of high-voltage and high-vacuum technology. The technology works by focusing a controlled beam of electrons onto the surface of packaging material as it runs through the filling machine, killing any bacteria or microorganisms present.