BARRIER FILM | MATERIALS


undercuts. It is held securely on the bottom web, preventing juicing and allowing flat, upright or hanging presentation. Most importantly, it extends shelf life by removing oxygen. Multifol Extreme combines high functionality with minimal added weight, ideally suited to MAP and vacuum packaging of fatty, protein-rich or sharp-edged products. The film is also around 30% lighter than conventional PA/PE structures. Without any compromise on product protection, 150-mi- cron Multifol Extreme can replace a conventional 200-micron thermoforming film, it says. More material savings can be made by combining a Multifol Extreme base film with a lidding film from the same product family.


Recyclable pouch Polish label and packaging specialist Masterpress is part of a pan-European research project called Before – to develop recyclable, high-barrier pouch film. Traditional high-barrier structures rely on


multi-material combinations that cannot be recycled in today’s mechanical recycling systems. “High-barrier flexible packaging has historically


been difficult to recycle, but this project demon- strates how collaborative R&D can accelerate real change,” said Jakub Pędziński, pouches business development leader at Masterpress. As part of Before’s work on high-barrier, co-


extruded polyethylene (PE) stand-up pouches, Masterpress contributes one of the project’s key plastic case studies – its single-layer, non-laminated stand-up pouch for liquid soap. The pouch is made from a single mono-material


PE/EVOH structure. It is engineered to sort cor- rectly in recycling facilities and work within existing PE recycling systems.


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