Emergency rations for you and your family, vital supplies, one-man rations for the military, or supplies for outdoor activities - they all depend on sturdy, tear-resistant, and securely sealed packaging. Reliable packaging materials can be crucial in extreme situations and are also an essential part of "normal" everyday life.

Have you ever heard of Doypacks? These versatile stand-up pouches have long been setting innovative standards in the range of high-quality packaging.

Fundamental: What does packaging for extreme situations potentially have to do?

In order to meet extreme situations, packaging for vital goods must first and foremost be stable and resistant to tearing, crushing and impact. Only in this way can their contents be stored safely and without problems.

Other important parameters are a low dead weight, an appropriate size and the highest possible flexibility. Finally, simple, fuel-efficient and uncomplicated transport in hazardous and extreme situations is of immense importance.

In order to safely transport and store relief supplies, food of any consistency, water, medicines and cosmetics, but also clothing or sensitive electronic devices, high demands are placed on the physical properties of the packaging materials. They should be absolutely airtight and watertight, odorless, heat-resistant and resistant to UV radiation.

Simple options for aseptic (germ-free) filling, for opening the packages and their effortless resealability are further demands placed on packaging materials - not only in extreme situations.

Requirements for packaging in extreme situations at a glance:

• stable, tear, crush and shock resistant
• light, flexible with reasonable size
• waterproof and airtight, odorless, heat resistant
• optimal possibilities for aseptic filling, opening and closing

Why are Doypacks suitable for this purpose?

Robust, durable materials and intelligent, sophisticated design make stand-up pouches ideal for use in extreme situations. Doypacks are made of single- or multi-layer plastic, which in some designs is combined with aluminum or paper.

A circular economy geared towards reusability and good recycling possibilities make it possible to speak of sustainable products despite the use of plastics.

Another environmentally friendly aspect is waste prevention. Proper packaging and storage of food prevents premature spoilage.

The stand-up pouches, available in all conceivable sizes and shapes, are air-, water- and aroma-tight. They are odorless and are stabilized by their own weight when standing.

They are thus an appropriate and advantageous form of packaging and storage for compact, granular, powdered, viscous and liquid foods. Medicines, sensitive small parts or electronics can also be safely stowed in Doypacks.

Sturdy materials, intelligent design and an almost infinite variety of versions make the air-, aroma- and water-tight Doypacks the preferred packaging option in extreme situations.

 

Doypacks in the relief and military sector

Reliability and unconditional safety have top priority in the transport of relief supplies and foodstuffs as well as sensitive goods in the military sector.

Relief supplies, which often have to be transported over difficult terrain, are mainly food, water, hygiene items and medicines. They must be packed securely, stably and without significant additional weight. The versatile size, material and design variants are a major advantage in favor of Doypacks as packaging material for relief supplies.

They can be used to pack any transport goods professionally and in a space-saving manner. This makes them reliable accessories for innovative boxes for relief supplies, which can be used to drop food, hygiene products, water and medical products from a height of 100 meters and at a speed of up to 900 kilometers per hour anywhere in the world. The goods inside the boxes, packed in individual Doypacks, survive the speed of the drop and impact undamaged.

Doypacks for use in the military sector must meet the same requirements as packaging for relief supplies. In addition, there is a special form developed for the so-called EPA - the one-man packs.

They contain long-life foods whose nutrients are precisely tailored to the needs of soldiers, weigh less than two kilograms and take up little space in the soldier's backpack.

The most common functional designs here are doypacks the following:

• Outlets and valves for the transport of liquids
• Handle seals or zippers
• Viewing windows
• square bottom
• punched carrying handles
• Tear notches to open.

Common to all designs is the folded, hinged stand-up base. Doypacks have a smooth, easily printable surface. A fact that is of no small importance in extreme situations. This makes it easy to communicate best-before dates, contents and dosing instructions via the packaging.

The following common material variants are responsible for stability and safety of stand bags:

• single or multilayer bags
• Copies made of plastic, kraft liner paper or aluminum
• Doypacks consisting of a combination of different materials

Outdoor food doypacks

You love extended trekking tours or canoe hikes in untouched nature? Then long-life foods packed in Doypacks, as they are also used in the military, are just right for you. Long-life foods offer a balanced, protein- and energy-rich diet for outdoor activities of any kind, far away from the stove or field kitchen.

Bread, dried foods, seeds, drinking water, beverages of all kinds, canned sausages, soups, instant coffee, and countless other foods and convenience foods can be packaged in Doypacks in an airtight, watertight, and flavor-safe manner. These foods have a long shelf life and have not lost any of their delicious taste and nutritional value even after years.

But not only dry food can be safely stored in Doypacks: The modern stand-up pouches are heat-resistant, so moist dishes and food can be heated in a water bath without any problems. This means that stand-up pouches are often an environmentally friendly substitute for conventional metal cans.

With the exception of aluminum doypacks, this type of packaging - outside of outdoor activities - also allows the use of a microwave to heat up meals.

But Doypacks are not only reliable partners when it comes to packing outdoor food. Doypacks are also useful helpers when putting together so-called emergency rations, which provide you and your family with valuable services in the event of power outages and weather-related emergencies. In such situations, no one would want to do without Doypacks. So it is definitely worthwhile to have a stock of stand-up bags of various sizes and designs at home.

Is there alternative packaging for this area?

Alternatives to doypacks in the military sector and for packing relief supplies are cans, boxes and cartons in various designs. Kraft liners - high-quality, very robust and tear-resistant cardboard made from long virgin fibers - provide the necessary stability and reliability.

In the interplay of all its physical properties - robustness, air and water tightness, heat resistance, resistance to UV rays, diversity of variants, to recall only the most important ones - Doypacks prove to be the most appropriate type of packaging in extreme situations.

History of the Doypacks

The history of Doypack packaging goes back to France in the 1980s. Here, Leon and Louis Doyen conducted the first series of tests with stand-up pouches made of different materials.

Following the successful development of stand-up pouches, Louis Doyen, the president of the Thimonnier Company, a packaging machinery company based in the French Alps, had the name "Doypack" registered as a derivative of "Doyen Packaging" just a few years later.

Doypacks and sustainability

Because of their compact design and flexibility, the pouches save a lot of material compared to other packaging (cartons or films). Many variants of stand-up pouches can also be reused and recycled.

Particularly innovative specimens have recently started using bio-films instead of fossil plastics. These are made from sustainable plant starch. The outer shell of these compostable stand-up pouches is given additional stability by environmentally friendly kraft papers. These consist of a very high percentage of long fresh fibers from resin-rich, regional woods and are more tear-resistant and stable than other types of paper.

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Conclusion

Could we inspire you for the convertible stand-up pouches, their versatile properties and almost unlimited applications? Take a look around our range at your leisure. Maybe you want to put together an emergency kit for your family or need suitable packaging material for the food supplies of your next trekking tour.

Or maybe you're just looking for innovative, durable, sustainable and versatile packaging materials for personal or business use. For questions and further explanations, we are always happy to help and advise you.

FAQ

1. What are Doypacks?

   Doypacks are packaging bags with an unfoldable stand. They are stabilized in the stand by their own weight and are available in various sizes and design variants. Doypacks are made of plastic, aluminum and kraft paper, in most cases a functionally coordinated combination of these materials.

2. What special features doypacks have?

   The stand-up bags are sturdy, odorless, heat resistant, airtight, tear and shock resistant. They are resistant to UV radiation and waterproof. Doypacks have a low net weight and are considered a particularly space-saving form of packaging due to their high flexibility.

3. What can doypacks be used for?

   Doypacks are ideally suited for aroma-safe, aseptic packaging of compact, crumbly, ground, viscous and liquid foods. Medicines, electronics and clothing can also be safely packaged in the pouches. In addition to the food industry and retail, Doypacks are primarily used by the military and for shipping relief supplies to war zones and disaster areas.