A US company has developed a ground breaking fabric that offers high level chemical protection, using NatureFlex from Innovia Films within its construction.
After years of research, development and live trials Parkside is pleased to announce it is the first, and currently the only, manufacturer of printed flexible packaging to be able to offer the environmentally conscious brand owner and packer a barrier triplex laminate accredited under EN13432 Industrial Standard, which requires at least 90 percent of the packaging to disintegrate within 12 weeks.
While the focus for flexible packaging suppliers has been firmly on sustainability issues as much as performance in recent years, a new generation of packaging technologists is looking at new, and potentially ground breaking, nanomaterials and coatings to create new products.
In a continued effort to generate and test solutions to the recycling stream issues surrounding full-wrap labels on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, during its August 2013 meeting, the consortium toured a recycling facility and reviewed test results from a trial run using delabeling equipment.
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