first for the beverage carton industry, tetra pak® has launched a filling machine that uses electron beams, not hydrogen peroxide, to sterilise packaging material. this is a very exciting development tetra pak e3 not only delivers significant cost and environmental benefits to the customers, it also marks the start of a new era in the world of carton packaging.  the replacement of hydrogen peroxide in packaging material sterilisation also significantly improves environmental performance making water recycling easier, lowering energy consumption and cutting waste. by installing an ebeam kit, manufacturers can switch between pasteurised and extended shelf life esl production orders on the same tetra pak® e3compactflex filling machine.          
