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Global Study Addresses Barrier Films & Coatings

(News Eclips)

November 04, 2008, ... technologies of all barrier materials used in flexible packaging. The study focuses on materials that provide oxygen transmission rates from zero to 77.5 cc/m2/day (5 cc/100in.2/day) and/or moisture ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... Light-, oxygen-, and moisture-barrier properties, puncture and oil resistance, sealant performance, and machinability are important packaging requirements that must be evaluated. Aesthetic appeal and, ...

Breakin' Bounds in Barrier Films

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... of oxygen and moisture — a foil-type barrier.” In addition, Marotta says, “In the last 12 months, there has been the advent of multi-functional, low-cost barrier films. This means not only can polypropylene ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, Application: A new aqueous primer can produce strong adhesion and low oxygen transmission rates in plastic packaging laminates. The coating has use in-line as an extrusion primer or applied to a film and ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... stability necessitating an annealing step for the film before winding. PA resins offer fairly good oxygen barrier, good aroma and flavor barrier, superior heat resistance, and good toughness and scuff ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, ... application requires moisture protection, you might choose a metallized biaxially oriented polyproplylene (BOPP). If you need oxygen or aroma barrier, you might opt for a metallized polyester (PET).  ...

Packaging Strategies Study Provides Barrier-Enhancing Analyses

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2002, Packaging Strategies reports its new study Barrier-Enhancing Technologies for PET and Polypropylene Containers and Closures offers material, container, and manufacturing-cost analyses for barrier-enhanced ...

Antioxidants, Oxygen Scavengers, Free Radicals, and Packaging

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, Elemental oxygen exists in two allotropic forms: as an invisible gas composed of two oxygen atoms; and as a perceptibly blue form composed of three oxygen Elemental oxygen exists in two allotropic forms: ...

Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, Protecting food from oxygen is key to preserving shelf life and quality. Exposure to oxygen causes, or in some cases indirectly leads to, a host of problems Protecting food from oxygen is key to preserving ...

Barrier Properties of EVOH at Low Temperatures and Various Humidity

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Application: Estimation of oxygen transmission rate at any temperature and humidity is possible using humidity, temperature, and ethylene content. Email the author(s) at: NGYT08@mail.nichigo.co.jp  ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... as "any material that is capable of preventing the ingress of another material, whether it is gases or flavors or aromas. Typically, [high-barrier materials used today] are going to be oxygen barrier materials, ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... packages that extend shelf life by providing improved moisture and oxygen protection, that extended shelf life coupled with the reduction in fat has created a need for increased flavor and aroma barrier ...

Nobelus Launches Thermal Sealants for Digital Converters

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2025, ... available with or without EVOH to give packaging moisture and oxygen barrier properties as needed. While they are compatible with most print web materials, these thermal sealants can also be paired with ...

CT Manufacturer Leads the Charge at Annual International Battery Forum in Orlando, FL

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2025, ... a vapor cloud to immediately cool the internal contents of the package to prevent a domino fireball effect, while limiting oxygen around the package to prevent the battery temperature from escalating to ...

Challenges, Solutions and Future Paperboard Packaging Trends

(Coating/Laminating)

February 15, 2025, ...  When applied as a coating these substrates offer various benefits, such as water resistance, durability, barrier protection against oxygen and grease-proofing. However, despite these advantages, hybrid ...

Delivering Packaging Sustainability Through Pigment, Ink, Coating and Adhesive Technologies

(Coating/Laminating)

January 16, 2025, ... yet still provide a full range of vivid and durable colors. Compostable coatings and adhesives such as oxygen, moisture and grease barrier coatings, as well as fully compostable laminating adhesives ...

Path to Sustainability According to Nordmeccanica

(Coating/Laminating)

December 04, 2024, ... to all the rest: Ink, adhesive, functional coatings, metallization. One of the qualities required for flexible packaging is, at different rates, barrier: oxygen, water vapors, fat, etc. When you eliminate ...

Flexible Packaging for a Convenience-Driven Society

(Coating/Laminating)

November 30, 2024, ... with thin barrier coating layers, can offer good barrier properties similar to multi-material laminates, while maintaining ease of recycling. The barrier coatings are necessary to create an oxygen barrier, ...

ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... multilayer materials based on metallized polyethylene terephthalate substrates. The mono-material, paper-based flexible packaging offers an oxygen transmission rate of < 1 cm³/(m² d) and a water vapor ...

Mondi and traceless Develop Ground-breaking Coating Solution

(Sustainability Forum)

June 20, 2024, ... kraft paper coated with traceless® can resist water, oxygen and fat, while offering good printing abilities for different customers. At the same time, the goal is to develop a solution that is also recyclable ...