Tag: barrier and coatings
Recyclable barrier film project gets $1m grant
Interface Polymers and Flexipol have jointly won funding through a competition run by UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging challenge. The £850,000 ($1 million) grant...
Oxygen-additive barrier technology designated ‘widely recycled’
Ring Container Technologies’ BarrierGuard OxygenSmart, a technology designed to protect both product freshness and the environment, has met the standards for the How2Recycle "Widely...
Partners close loop for digitally printed pouches
Several companies have come together to develop a first-of-its-kind pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept.
The approach uses a multi-stage process to contribute to a circular economy...
Dow and Bolloré join forces for circular barrier shrink film
Dow and Bolloré have joined forces on a pilot project that enables the use of recycled content in new food-contact packaging applications, which can...
Cosmo’s film relaunch leaves an impression
Cosmo Films has relaunched its biaxially-oriented PP (BOPP)-based Direct Thermal Printable (DTP) Top-Coated Film with a coating that allows for the creation of images...
Youth and experience signal generation change
In a move designed to place young executives in charge, but with experienced executives to flank them, Dr Paul Walach has been named managing...
ACG and Danapak Flexibles enter strategic Indian partnership
Indian pharmaceutical supplier ACG is partnering with Danapak Flexibles to provide customers with better service. ACG Films & Foils and Danapak Flexibles' collective product offerings...
Indian wheat producer goes against the grain with new film
Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics has partnered with Indian barrier film manufacturer Vishakha Group to develop a recyclable barrier film for solids packaging. These...
High five for ProAmpac after Euroflex buy
Flexible packaging firm ProAmpac has confirmed its fifth acquisition of 2021 with the purchase of Euroflex, a family-owned business based in Ireland that produces...
Coveris covers R&D with science hub
A scientific hub has been unveiled by Coveris in order to support the converter’s accelerated R&D of innovative solutions across the films market.
Supporting the...