Evonik says that its anti-fog film, made
using Kalwar’s Calvasol
technology, is ideal for fruit packaging
2016 | Show review Stretch films made from the new resin can be used
in the transportation of a wide range of products, including ceramic flooring, cans and pulp and paper. “With the launch of Braskem Flexus Cling, we
become a complete supplier to the stretch film segment, with resin options for all layers,” said Edison Terra, Braskem’s polyethylene director. The resin expands the portfolio of the Flexus line, which is one of the company’s PE brands for the film segment. The latest product claims superior load retention and high cling performance, even at low temperatures. Other benefits include flexibility, superior strength, and high impact and puncture resistance – to give greater security during cargo handling and transportation, says Braskem. The material will be manufactured in Brazil and
serve primarily the country’s domestic market, but will also be exported. During K2016, SML of Austria ran a demonstration of the resin on one of its machines.
Novamont’s new Mater- Biotech plant uses bio-de- rived BDO for the first time
Exceeding performance ExxonMobil Chemical launched two new grades of its Exceed XP, and demonstrated them – and others – on extrusion lines across the show. Its new 6026 and 6056 grades are aimed at applica- tions including liquid packaging, bag-in-box and soft shrink film. They boast high processability with enhanced toughness, flex-crack resistance, sealability, balanced shrink performance and optical properties. For converters, their high melt strength promotes greater bubble stability and improved output, says the company.
Soft-shrink packaging film is used to contain
delicate or irregularly shaped products, such as pizza, kitchen roll and office supplies. “This type of film is usually made on a double bubble
line, but we can do it on a conventional single bubble line – which leads to capital savings,” said Larry Gros, global polymers product & applications manager at ExxonMobil. The two grades can also be used to create green- house film that is up to 20m wide and 220 microns thick. The combination of melt strength and process- ability means there is no need to blend in LLDPE – which would reduce melt strength. The grades can be used as the basis for formulation that either include EVA – which helps the film retain heat – or exclude it. ExxonMobil has also helped Vietnamese flexible packaging manufacturer Thanh Phu to replace a laminate of polyethylene (PE) and PET with one comprising only PE. Thanh Phu says that this will help it to meet a long-standing challenge in the packaging industry: recycling laminated packaging, which is often impossible due to the presence of multiple polymer types including PET, EVOH and polyamide. A combination of Exceed and Enable grades helped
the company to make a laminated package that was more easily recyclable. Alex Dam, executive vice president of Thanh Phu, said: “Our aim is to have a full PE alternative to conventional laminated solutions without compromising performance – while maintaining an attractive cost- efficiency ratio.” During K2016, ExxonMobil also showcased the
materials – along with more established grades – in demonstrations with seven different machinery manufacturers: Bandera, Colines, Windmoller & Holscher, Sun Centre, Hosokawa Alpine, SML and Jinming.
Reality show Parkinson Technologies has developed a virtual reality (VR) system for demonstrating its plastics production and web handling machinery. This system, which uses HTC Vive technology, was launched at K2016 and allows users to immerse
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