Articles Tagged with ''barrier materials''

In this article, we put the spotlight on companies that are making headlines with their novel approaches to sustainable foodservice packaging.

This product is the ideal solution for converters and printers seeking to incorporate advanced barrier properties into their packaging, or using it as it is, offering a strong, flexible, translucent alternative for use in bags, pouches, and wrapping applications.

Paper HBe’s material composition of >85% paper, with a strong PE coating and EVOH barrier, makes it an ideal alternative for many products that currently use flexible plastic packaging.

LamiBak™ Flex is ideally suited for further processing, such as coating, metallization, or extrusion.

Currently on store shelves across the globe, the AmFiber portfolio is suitable for a wide range of applications, including snacks and confectionary, dry culinary and beverage, meat, dairy, home and personal care, and more.

Wynn Petfood is now packing its entire product portfolio of premium pet food blends (that are mixed with water at home) and practical snacks for dogs 100% in paper.

Manufactured by Bagcraft®, a Novolex brand, the new multilayered bags and rolls keep foods at the height of flavor as they are wrapped, frozen, thawed, reheated and held under heat at the point of sale.

Available in sizes from one to 30 liters, Politainer comprises a polyethylene container held within a sturdy cardboard outer.

Chris Marshall of BOBST – a leading supplier of substrate processing, printing and converting equipment and services for the label, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated board industries – talks about how the regulatory environment is coaxing some firms away from plastic and toward paper.

Keith Smith, CEO of Vonco Products, discussed the challenges and considerations involved when making the decision to replace foil with plastic in packaging, in addition to some success stories from Vonco when it came to this practice.