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Toyo Ink Group to Feature Packaging Solutions for Enhanced Sustainability at interpack

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2023, ... product portfolio is a new lineup of functional coatings used to replace plastic in paper or film packaging as part of the growing drive toward increased recyclability. Product highlights include oxygen ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... therefore also very important for recycling. REAL ALTERNATIVES. REAL SOLUTIONS. The right barrier coatings, inks and adhesives, can together enable a monomaterial package with oxygen barrier properties ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... are composed of multiple layers of various polymers, which provide superior performance as barriers to oxygen and other gases, as well as moisture that could otherwise cause spoilage and reduce freshness ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... rigidity and strength for high-quality printing or stiffness for good barrier properties to keep aroma in, but water vapor, oxygen and light out. Ensuring that all these layers ‘stick’ together securely ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... may not be able to afford the barrier or containment properties necessary for aqueous, acidic or oily foods. To enhance oxygen, water or vapor barrier properties, another material often needs to be incorporated ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... UV (VUV). The VUV band contains the shortest wavelengths of ultraviolet light. These wavelengths are entirely absorbed by oxygen and do not travel through air. As a result, when 172 and 222 nm excimer ...

Toray’s Commitment to Innovation Helps Forge the Future of Flexible Packaging

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 10, 2022, ... the manufacture of a standard two-ply lamination. Lumirror PA6HB, a clear, ultra-high-oxygen-barrier film, and MK6HB, a metallized ultra-high-oxygen- and moisture-barrier film that is used as a replacement ...

Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... insurmountable but need to be taken into account. Paper and paperboard on its own is permeable to water, water vapor, fatty esters, oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Poor barrier resistance make the ...

Sun Chemical to Highlight the “Power of Sustainable Packaging” at PACK EXPO International 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2022, ... Shelf Life and Make Packaging Pop Sun Chemical booth visitors will also learn about a variety of coatings that can enhance their packaging. In addition, SunBar (Aerobloc) oxygen barrier coatings can ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... gloss and the inner layer of LDPE offers strong seals and hermeticity. A more sophisticated laminate is used in some pouch applications where barrier to moisture and oxygen is accomplished using an aluminium ...

There’s More than One Way to Treat a Film

(News | New Products)

June 26, 2022, ... roller and an electrode driven at a high frequency and voltage. This produces a glow discharge over the film. In air, this discharge produces reactive oxygen species (including ozone — that you have ...

Corona or Plasma – Which is Best for Your Process?

(Surface Prep)

March 13, 2022, ... the end of these chains where there is an oxygen molecule that you get adhesion. The overall lack of oxygen molecules in the substrate gives it low surface energy. This means that the liquid doesn’t wet-out, ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable Lidding Film for the Soft Fruit Industry

(Flexpack)

November 10, 2021, ... increased impressions per reel. Options include 30 or 60 percent PCR content and if used without perforations, a high oxygen and moisture barrier to increase product shelf-life even further. Sappi Rockwell ...

Solvay Announces Groundbreaking Solution for Recycling PVDC

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2021, ... polymer’s function of providing a strong barrier against water, oxygen and aromas is why it is used in essential applications to preserve food and reduce waste. A reduction of these properties would defeat ...

Flex Films to Launch Metallic Polyester Ultra-High Barrier Film ‘F-UHB-M’ for Aluminum Foil Replacement

(Coating/Laminating)

September 26, 2021, ... formulated bi-axially oriented, polyester (BOPET) structure, F-UHB-M reportedly comes with superior gas and water barrier while achieving one of the lowest oxygen and moisture barrier values and industry-leading metal ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable, Coated Lidding Film Ahead of the Proposed UK Plastic Packaging Tax

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2021, ... good oxygen and moisture vapour transmission rate barriers to increase product shelf-life. Moreover, the Starlid GPE-CL seals to all types of food packaging trays, including PP, paperboard and all PET ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 64 years

(The Back Page)

February 17, 2021, ... oxygen from the package. Pouch papers can be defined as any paper coated or treated with a heat sealable material, used in roll form, that is formed, filled and sealed in one operation on an automatic ...

High Speed Barrier Packaging Film for Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2021, ... Strata range of transparent high barrier, mono structure, packaging films. SLF is a chlorine free film that delivers exceptional barrier levels to oxygen, moisture, aroma and mineral oils. It has reportedly ...

The Myriad Benefits of Metallized Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 28, 2020, ... safe production process. Metallized polyester films provide excellent barriers to moisture and oxygen. Aluminum laminated packaging can present flex cracking and pin holes, an effect that is minimized ...

Static Control for Corona Treaters

(Static-Beat)

December 02, 2020, ... are often used before lamination to improve adhesion and before coating to improve wettability and adhesion. Corona treaters incorporate oxygen species into the treated surface. Atmospheric pressure plasma ...