Metalvuoto Introduces new biobased film to increase store shelf life for processed foods
In Italy, Metalvuoto have debuted a new generation of biobased flexible substrates designed to keep processed foods fresh on store shelves, based on NatureWorks’s high barrier Ingeo polymers. While Ingeo film has been used for years in fresh food packaging, this is the first application for longer shelf life foods that are increasingly packaged in flat, stand up, or squared bottom pouches.
The introduction comes in response to a strong interest from the flexible packaging market in packaging simplification, with brands looking to move from complex multilayer laminates to simpler packaging solutions without compromising shelf life. The Metalvuoto film allows using a two-layer pouch with performance matching that of three-layer pouches.
The new film, “Ingeo Propylester” provides a significantly better oxygen barrier than metalized biaxially oriented polypropylene, eliminating the need for an additional sealant layer and enabling a structural package simplification.
Gianni Costanzo, Metalvuoto Executive Director, explained, “Until now, the flexible packaging industry has grown up around the use of multi-material laminates because no one material was able to provide multiple functionality. For example, brand owners often use an aluminum layer for barrier, a PET layer for external aesthetics, and an internal PE layer for heat-seal ability. Now, we have used the Metalvuoto Oxaqua coating technology with an Ingeo base film to replace two layers of different materials with one layer that simultaneously provides excellent barrier and heat-seal ability.”
Metalvuoto will give a presentation on the new possibilities this technology offers for the pouch market at Innovation Takes Root, the global Ingeo users’ forum, March 30 – April 1 in Orlando, Florida.
Category: Fuels
