MATERIALS | PLASTIC POUCHES
Right: Borealis is involved in a number of projects to create all-PE stand-up pouches
Digital packaging
Digital printing can help companies to produce short and long runs in a short timeframe, said Johnny Hobeika, managing director of Epac Holding Europe. He said that the company’s ePacOne service can print up to 3 million linear metres each day – in- creasing to 6m with ongoing expansion. Built on a digital technology platform, ePacOne is propri- etary software that allows the company to produce short and long runs that are shipped within 15 business days. On top of this it has begun to offer ePacConnect, which includes serialised QR codes on each pack. “Each package has its own digital identity,
meaning it is uniquely trackable,” he said. Companies such as Creative Nature Superfoods and Snackzilla have both used the service, saying that it “provides full transparency to consumers” and “takes consumer engagement to the next level”. In addition, digital printing uses no printing
plates, produces less waste – and VOC emissions – and uses less energy than conventional tech- niques, he said.
Closing the loop Chantal Semaan, application technology manager for flexible packaging at Borealis, talked about the production of all-PE stand-up pouches – which are designed for recycling. The company, a major producer of polyolefin
resins, acquired flexible packaging recycler Ecoplast in 2018. Ecoplast processes post-consum- er PE film waste from various collection schemes. Its portfolio of products includes a number of 100% PCR for non-food flexible packaging. For instance, its Nav 104 is light-coloured LDPE PCR, aimed at film and foil production. Other, more transparent, grades are aimed at collation shrink film and primary packaging where optics are important. In one example, its CWT100LG was used to
make an all-PE laminate with 35% PCT content. Here, the packaging also used BorShape mechani- cal booster to optimise mechanical performance. In a second example, Borealis, Erema, Hosokawa
Alpine, HP Indigo, Karlville and Henkel worked together to develop a lamination PE film containing 40% recyclate. The film was an MDO PE film, using a BorShape FX1001 layer between two layers of HDPE. Properties included increased heat resist- ance, high mechanical performance and easy processability, said Semaan. n AMI’s Innovations in Pouches conference runs in Barcelona, Spain on 23-24 April 2024. For more details, contact Koos Ahmed on +44 (0) 117 314 8157 (
koos.ahmed@amiplastics.com).
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