The flexible packaging industry continues to invest resources in order to develop product and market solutions that will align with the 2025 recyclable packaging objectives laid out by industry leaders. There are many challenges to overcome but I believe our entire industry has become broad-minded and stronger as a result of our learnings and diligence as we drive forward to meet the goals of 2025. We have also seen mounting frustration as the amount of work and effort is not yielding the progress we are all looking for, particularly for barrier and metallized solutions in all PE structures. It is easy to get wrapped up in developing barrier solutions at the front end of our supply chain as companies engineer resin, film, and converting solutions that allow us to produce high barrier recyclable packaging solutions. However, these solutions only get us to the “recycle ready” stage. We must also be aware of the end-of-life options for these packages, which is necessary to consider when identifying a package as “recyclable” or not. There are many industry initiatives underway right now to develop recycling streams for these high barrier packages1. A few of the larger-scale initiatives are listed here: Materials Recovery for the Future in North America and CEFLEX in Europe have been focusing on developing marking and sortation technology to more […]
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Metallized PE sealant film can be used in multi-ply, all PE structures offering a high-barrier recycle ready solution with an in-line top-coating technology.
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As converters and brand owners race to develop 100% PE film mono-webs or laminations for the How2Recycle® Store Drop-Off program, it has become clear that this approach will not work for all flexible packaging structures over the short term.
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Store Drop-Off is the only recyclability option for flexible packaging at scale in North America today. The How2Recycle® team has been working on many aspects of testing, including anything added or applied onto a standard, base PE film. The How2Recycle team is also working hard resolving the uncertainties surrounding metallized film and recyclability.
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High barrier metallized polyethylene can be used to create recyclable mono film structures; now will it meet the regulatory standards for acceptance within recycling streams?
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How can existing packaging films play a roll in achieving high-barrier recyclable packaging solutions?
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Cold Chain Packaging has grown beyond expanded polystyrene boxes, however, even with the current favourable initiatives will require still further innovation to minimize the impact on the environment with this new market on a significant growth trajectory.
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Interest in foil replacement alternatives has surged as antidumping duties ranging from 96% to 162% take effect. Learn about viable and readily available foil alternatives from Celplast.
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The team at Celplast took advantage of a quiet moment at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2017 for a group photo.
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Celplast debuts its DURAMET film and revolutionary new metallizer top-coater at open house event.
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The growth of e-commerce has been driving initiatives to create high barrier packaging that retains its barrier and shelf-appearance even after the package has travelled through the supply chain. To serve the varied needs of the flexible packaging market, Celplast Metallized Products offers several metallized films with tailored barrier properties.
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Celplast Metallized Products Limited installed the first of its kind in-line top-coater metallizer in the world earlier this year to produce protected high-barrier materials for the flexible packaging and converting industry. Initial commercial line barrier results of DURAMET® 48 g polyester have surpassed pilot line barrier values with oxygen of 0.033 cc/m2/day. and water vapor barrier of 0.062 g/m2/day.
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The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement marks a new chapter in the relationship between the EU and Canada. Both at EU level and in Canada, the necessary steps were taken to ratify the agreement. The agreement will now be provisionally applied and will enter definitively into force once the Parliaments in all Member States of the EU ratify the text according to their respective domestic constitutional requirements.
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More data has been generated to show the efficacy of Celplast’s patented single pass in-line metallizing and flexo top-coating technology. In-line metallizing and top-coating in the most stringent high barrier flexible packaging applications have the potential in retort and other high barrier structures for food contact.
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Celplast Metallized Products brings a lower cost, lower carbon footprint alternative to foil to the high barrier flexible packaging market with its revolutionary DURAMET® top-coated metallized PET film.
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