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A Look at Stripe Metallizing Technologies

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There are many packaging applications where a consumer packaged goods (CPGs) company would like the brightness and some of the barrier properties offered by metallized film, but with clear segments where the customer can see the product too.  This is particularly true of fresh foods or produce, where the ability to see the actual product in the package is a necessity.  As consumers become more demanding, and CPGs have to fight for shelf space, this is a more and more common request from the marketplace. A cost effective way to produce such a package, with both metallized and clear sections, is by using a metallized web that has clear stripes in the machine direction.  This way, depending on how the pre-made pouch is made, or whether the laminated web runs on FFS equipment, the clear stripe can be oriented in the horizontal or vertical direction on the pouch. There are three basic technologies available to carry out one-pass stripe metallizing.  The first is using chill roll banding, where metal bands lay on the film as it passes over the chill drum in a drum metallizer.  The bands peel off the film after it passes through the metallizing area, leaving clear stripes behind.  These bands need to be cut to width, with significant set-up involved to properly align them.  There is […]

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Stripe Metallized Barrier AlOx Pouch Award

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AIMCAL Product Competition Award Winners March 2015 Packaging: Nonfood: Marketing Celplast Metallized Products, Toronto, Ontario, captured the Marketing Award at the AIMCAL winter conference.  Celplast is recognized for their role as stripe metallizer of high barrier aluminum oxide coated polyester.  Other participants in creating the package include converter Prairie State Impressions, Franklin Park, IL, and substrate supplier Camvac Ltd., Thetford, UK. The metallized zippered pouch for Gold Strike Robusto cigars from Swisher International, Inc., Jacksonville, FL combines 48-gauge PET/48-gauge aluminum oxide with stripe metallized PET/2-mil PE.  The finished package achieves multiple benefits with high barrier properties and eye-catching graphics. According to Celplast, half of the aluminum oxide-coated PET is metallized. The stripe-metallized film is then laminated to the printed web.  High barrier properties of the aluminum oxide allows Prairie State to run a single web instead of two webs reducing material costs by more than 25 percent.  The lamination also permits higher printing and pouching speeds for increased efficiency.  The resealability feature with the zipper and product visibility through stripe metallizng creates value and great shelf appeal for the consumer.  “A 25 percent cost reduction is substantial,” stated one judge. The judging panel also liked the resealability of the package.

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Unique use of Stripe Metallizing in produce bag wins Celplast the AIMCAL Marketing Award

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March 2014 Packaging: Food & Beverage: Marketing Celplast Metallized Products The AIMCAL Marketing Award in the Food Packaging Category went to Celplast Metallized Products, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for metallized, light-blocking low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags for four varieties of potato from EarthFresh Farms, another Toronto-based firm. Celplast metallizes 1.25- or 1.75-mil LDPE from Tempo Plastics Ltd., Innisfil, Ontario, and returns it to Tempo for conversion into wicketed bags. Stripe metallizing provides product visibility while blocking most of the light that would reach the potatoes in a standard poly bag. Eliminating light exposure prevents the potatoes from turning green (and bitter) and more than triples shelf life to 21 days. Bags are punched with two parallel rows of ventilation holes and printed with bilingual product and brand information as well as alternate serving suggestions. Color coding identifies Roasting (gold), Boiling (green), Baking (red) and Mashing (blue) potatoes. Judges Comments Judges noted potato bags tend to be heavier gauge film or woven. “We really haven’t seen anything like this for fresh potatoes,” said one member of the panel. “It opens the door to greater use of metallized packaging in the produce department,” predicted another.

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Celplast Metallized Products proudly announces new team member

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Celplast Metallized Products is proud to announce Veronica Ataya has recently joined the business as Product Development Engineer. Veronica has a Masters degree from the University of Toronto in Chemical Engineering, and completed her Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela. She comes to Celplast with valuable sales & marketing experience as a Sales Supervisor with Merkat Imports in Acarigua, Venezuela. Veronica has taken a leadership role in product & process development, and is managing Celplast’s ever-expanding R&D lab. She will be presenting her findings on top-coated metallized film barrier properties at the AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference in Reno, NV, October 23 – 26, 2011. Celplast Metallized Products is a leading supplier of high barrier films to the North American converting industry. In addition to its metallized film solutions, including SUPERMET™ for high metal adhesion and FOILMET™ for high barrier, Celplast also is the exclusive distributor to North America of the CERAMIS® SiOx-coated and Camclear® AlOx-coated families of clear barrier films. Celplast has also recently introduced a family of top-coated metallized films, with a top-coating designed to protect the metal layer from moisture and hot, humid environments. This includes REFLECT-MET™ for reflective insulation and radiant barrier applications, as well as DURAMET™ for extended shelf life food packaging. Celplast also offers testing for OTR, WVTR, metal adhesion, […]

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Celplast Metallized Products introduces Camvac’s Camclear®

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Celplast Metallized Products is proud to announce it has become the exclusive distributor of Camvac Limited’s line of AlOx-coated clear barrier PET films – Camclear®. Available in both 36 and 48 gauge, these films are competitively priced and are an improved barrier alternative to PVdC-coated PET and EVOH coex films, allowing converters to achieve OTR of 0.20 cc/100 in 2 /day and WVTR of 0.13 g/100 in 2/day. Camvac Limited has been producing Camclear® since the mid 90’s and the product is widely used in Europe. This product line compliments Celplast’s existing line of clear barrier films, CERAMIS® SiOx-coated PET, OPP and nylon for retort and other demanding clear barrier film applications, as well as Celplast’s extensive line of metallized films such as SUPERMET™ for high metal adhesion, FOILMET™ for high barrier, ENVIROMET™ for high barrier PLA, and CEL-MET Sealants and Barrier Sealants to combine metallized and sealant layers. For more information, please contact us at  416-293-4330, x-235 or 238.

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