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SABIC to Showcase Its Broad Expertise in Trucircle Solutions for More Sustainable Packaging at K 2022

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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SABIC to Showcase Its Broad Expertise in Trucircle Solutions for More Sustainable Packaging at K 2022

  • Exhibit of innovative packaging solutions focusing on plastic waste reduction, circularity and mitigation of fossil resources to support zero-waste environment
  • Successful value chain collaborations across a wide range of packaging segments

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is addressing the challenges of the packaging industry with an extensive display of advanced material and technology solutions at K 2022, demonstrating the feasibility of combining exceptional sustainability with outstanding durability and aesthetics. Over the past three years, the company has been collaborating with numerous leading players across the packaging value chain, focusing on five key drivers in the market: waste reduction, use of certified circular polymers, closed-loop solutions and ocean-bound plastic, use of certified renewable feedstock, and enhanced functionality and consumer appeal. The products and samples on display at Booth D42 in Hall 6 during the show from October 19 to 26 at Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, align closely with SABIC’s Trucircle program and demonstrate how dedicated industrial partnerships are accelerating the journey towards real circularity without compromising product performance.

The global plastic packaging market is expected to reach USD 269.6 billion in 2025 according to a report by Grand View Research, Inc. This meets with a growing demand for flexible as well as rigid functional, food, non-food and beverage packaging products to serve an increasingly urban population, worldwide. SABIC is firmly committed to help the packaging industry solve the challenges of these needs with an advanced portfolio of materials designed to minimize the environmental impact of packaging, increase recyclability, extend shelf-life and prevent food losses, provide supply security and create sustainable growth. The following is a selection of packaging solutions highlighting these benefits at K 2022.

Reduce waste
One of the most effective means of reducing waste is the use of durable yet lightweight, mono-material solutions and applications designed for recycling.

SABIC to showcase its broad expertise in Trucircle solutions for more sustainable packaging at K 2022.

 

  • Tethered closures: Injection molded with an organoleptic SABIC HDPE food-grade, this tethered closure design for recycling meets with the new single-use plastics directive that makes closures, caps and lids to remain attached to all beverage containers mandatory by 2024 in the EU. Read more.
  • Heat resistant mono-PE pouches: In close collaboration of SABIC and Covestro, a new fully recyclable stand-up pouch made with SABIC BOPE material including Covestro’s heat-resistant coating resin technology was developed. This transparent coating, currently in trial phase, has been tested and validated, offering a broader sealing temperature window when processing on form fill and seal (FFS) lines for flexible packaging as it prevents both, film shrinkage and film sticking to heat seal bars during FFS. The new PE based high-performance, recyclable, mono-material stand-up pouch supports the drive to achieve a circular economy for flexible packaging, as it is a viable solution to replace PET or PA laminates in incumbent solutions. SABIC’s BOPE material is available in certified circular as well as certified renewable grades from SABIC’s Trucircle portfolio. See video, read more.
  • Sustainable foamed packaging solutions: Food tray from IP Verpackung and foam blow-molded bottle from SABIC. The tray can help reduce plastics packaging waste by moving from a single-use PS product to a reusable and recyclable SABIC PP-UMS resin, a new generation of high-melt strength, foamable PP solutions. The bottle is made of SABIC HDPE with chemical and mechanical recycled content from our Trucircle portfolio, with good impact strength and drop performance. Potential of up to 25% weight saving. Read more.

Increasing circularity
SABIC’s certified circular polymers are based on a mass balance accounting approach according to ISCC Plus, validating the feedstock content from advanced chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste and contributing to the mitigation of fossil depletion.

SABIC to showcase its broad expertise in Trucircle solutions for more sustainable packaging at K 2022.

 

  • Retort pouches for wet pet food: SABIC, Mars Petcare and Huhtamaki successfully collaborated in the development of an innovative multi-layer film structure for Sheba brand cat food pouches using certified circular PP copolymer from SABIC’s Trucircle portfolio. The phthalate-free and gel-controlled film layer has a 30% average recycled content in the packaging and reduces the use of virgin plastic by around 25%. Read more.
  • Fresh-cut salad bags: A premium range of Bonduelle fresh-cut salads are packaged in food-contact film using certified circular SABIC BOPP produced by advanced recycling of post-consumer plastics. The BOPP film made by VIBAC SpA contains 30% recycled content via mass balance certification. These bags are fully recyclable in polyolefin waste streams. Read more.

Closing the loop & reuse of ocean-bound plastic
One of the biggest challenges in achieving circularity is solutions that will effectively close the loop of plastic packaging within one and the same packaging application segment. On another level, the vast amount of ocean-bound plastic litter in coastal areas requires fast action to prevent it from polluting our oceans and return it into the material stream of new packaging products.

 

SABIC to showcase its broad expertise in Trucircle solutions for more sustainable packaging at K 2022.

 

  • Kind Healthy snack bar wrappers: SABIC joined forces with MARS and Landbell in a closed-loop project on Kind’s healthy snack bar wrappers based on certified circular SABIC PP. Advanced recycling of mixed post-consumer plastics collected by Landbell is used to produce food-contact approved certified circular PP and converted into flexible BOPP packaging structure. This mono-material application facilitates end-of-life recycling in existing collection and conversion operations without compromising quality and processability. Read more.
  • Mess-free, portionable and microwavable Heinz Beanz Snap Pots: In an innovative recycling trial designed to close the loop on soft plastic food packaging in the UK, Heinz, Tesco, Berry Global and SABIC have teamed up to create a certified circular PP solution for Heinz Beanz Snap Pots. Soft plastic packaging waste is returned by consumers to collection points at Tesco stores and then converted in an anaerobic process to oil. SABIC uses the oil in the production of new PP resin, from which Berry Global manufactures Snap Pots for filling with Beanz and delivery to Tesco. The new tubs contain 39% of certified circular SABIC PP. Read more.
  • Adhesive packaging labels from ocean-bound plastics: SABIC, UPM Raflatac and Taghleef Industries collaborated to launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from certified circular SABIC PP based on advanced recycled ocean-bound plastic (OBP). This Trucircle project uses post-consumer plastic waste recovered from areas up to 50 km inland from waterways and proves that OBP can be brought back into a circular material stream for cost-efficient and high-quality packaging applications. You can see label examples made from this ocean-bound plastic on our stand. Read more.

Bio-based feedstock solutions
Like the Trucircle portfolio of certified circular polymers, SABIC’s certified renewable solutions are ISCC Plus mass balance accredited. Importantly, they do not compete with human food or animal feed production.

 

SABIC to showcase its broad expertise in Trucircle solutions for more sustainable packaging at K 2022.

 

  • Chips bags: Orkla launched its first chips packaging using certified renewable polypropylene (PP) polymer from SABIC’s Trucircle portfolio that is a drop-in solutions for replacing fossil based plastics in the packaging with no compromise on food safety, and is converted into a BOPP or Natural BOPP (NOPP) food packaging film by Irplast. In Orkla’s chips bags, the material solution from bio-based feedstock reduces the carbon footprint of the three partners’ value chain by about 50% compared to the use of traditional non-renewable plastics. Read more.
  • Multi-layer bottles: Multi-layer bottles from W. Müller GmbH incorporates certified renewable HDPE polymer from SABIC’s Trucircle portfolio as inner layer between the core and outer layers that are made of mechanically recycled SABIC HDPE compounds from post-consumer sources. The mono-material structure saves use of virgin material, meets high processing and quality standards. Read more.

Consumer appeal & convenience
Beyond sustainability, consumers expect advanced new packaging products to also provide a maximum of aesthetic appeal and in-use convenience.

SABIC to showcase its broad expertise in Trucircle solutions for more sustainable packaging at K 2022.

 

  • Tea capsules: Melitta Single Portions is using a food-grade SABIC Qrystal PP copolymer with certified feedstock from recycled used plastic waste for its Avoury brand tea capsules. The transparent, aesthetic and lightweight capsules support up to 80% reduction of fossil depletion vs. conventional designs. Read more.
  • Ice cream cups: SABIC PP PHC60 impact copolymer offers up to 40% higher drop impact performance as well as high flow and lightweight for chilled and frozen foods packaging. The material helped Piber Group eliminate or minimize the need for additional impact modifier in demanding ice cream packaging cups, reducing material consumption and providing cost savings. Read more.
  • Yoghurt cups: At their Thin-wall Application Center in Switzerland, SABIC and Netstal are collaborating to transfer the technology of injection compression molding (ICM) to the thin-wall packaging market. ICM opens significant opportunities for down-gauging at lower injection pressures, reduced clamp forces and shorter cycle times. A perfect example are lightweight yet stiff and stackable, aesthetic yoghurt cups molded in a phthalate-free SABIC PP Flowpact grade that ensures high product safety at lower material consumption. Read more.

www.sabic.com

 

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“The Circular Economy is Made Visible to Everyone”

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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“The Circular Economy is Made Visible to Everyone”

At K 2022, the Circular Economy Forum will show how the circular economy works in practice.

The Circular Economy Forum at K 2022 opened its gates, in perfect time for the start of the trade fair. For eight days, plastics machinery manufacturers will showcase technological solutions for a functioning circular economy across more than 4,000 square metres on the open-air site between Halls 10 and 16. Seven companies are represented there with their own pavilions, while six have joined forces in a large collective stand.

“A jolt has gone through our industry. The companies in the plastics machinery industry are in a spirit of optimism, they are determined to implement the circular economy. It is why they have pulled out all the stops here at the trade fair to show the public what is already working today, and what will be possible in the future,” said Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery, at the opening event in Düsseldorf. VDMA is the initiator and organiser of the forum.

Operational machines at the fair
With the machines in full operation at the fair, visitors to the Forum can learn, for example, how high-quality re-granulate is produced again from plastic waste, and how these re-granulates are reprocessed with various processing techniques into highly functional products, which in turn can be recycled again. In addition to the circular economy, the Circular Economy Forum also focuses on the two other leading topics of the K: climate protection and digitalisation.

A demonstration will be held to show how high-tech solutions help to save CO2, for example through energy optimisation of production processes – and what a decisive role digital networking plays in this regard.

At the centre of the forum, there is the VDMA Dome, the central point of contact for information about the circular economy, and simultaneously an important place for mutual professional exchange in the plastics world. There, visitors can also view the individual process steps of the circular economy with the help of the installation “The Machine”. Here, 40 companies will show their technology highlights of the circular economy through video clips and product samples. The spectrum ranges from sorting, shredding and washing via re-granulation, material handling and the most important processing methods, to downstream process steps such as ultrasonic welding, surface treatment and thermoforming.

 

 

 

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Brotech installed at Printrays Jalandhar!

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Brotech installed at Printrays Jalandhar!

Printrays, labels, mono cartons and corrugated board packaging manufacturers in Jalandhar has been on a continuous growth path. The dynamic father son team of Vikrant (Vicky) Kapoor and Ankit Kapoor have steadily been adding capacity and expanding their product offerings in the rapidly growing and fast evolving various segments of packaging industry. In a recent move, adding to their converting capabilities to include IML, Shrink Sleaves, flexible packaging and pre-folded inserts, they have bought a Brotech finishing and converting machine DL420. The machine was recently installed at their Jalandhar factory. Ankit Kapoor, partner Printrays says, “We are satisfied with the Brotech. The Weldon engineers have done a prompt and efficient installation. We look forward to a very fruitful ongoing association with both Weldon and Brotech.”

The Brotech DL420 features semi rotary die-cutting unit and a conveyor. It is suitable for offline finishing of in-mold labels and other varieties of labels. The machine is manufactured and supplied by Brotech Digital Graphics, with headquarter in Shenzhen, China, having a newly established state of the art modern manufacturing facility in Zhenjiang (near Shanghai), and subsidiary offices and show rooms in Italy, USA, Mexico and Thailand. They provide full range of converting, finishing solutions and hybrid digital finishing solutions for the label and flexible packaging industry. Brotech machinery lines cover wide range of products such as pressure sensitive labels, IML, shrink sleeves, cut & stack labels, EAS, RFID, tickets and tags, booklet labels, and flexible packaging as well. Ramon Lee managing director of Brotech says, “Printrays is a deeply committed converter of labels and packaging, we are proud to have them as a valuable customer.”

The sale and installation of this machine has been handled by Brotech’s exclusive agents, Weldon Celloplast Ltd. New Delhi India. Weldon established in 1982, are providers of total label manufacturing solutions with exclusive representation of leading international equipment brands as principals. Commenting on this sale, Kanwardeep Sahni (KD) Managing Director of Weldon says, “Printrays has been steadily growing to add to their vast product range. They have been carefully evaluating their options for converting equipment. We are happy that they selected the Brotech DL-420.”

www.weldoncelloplast.com

 

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Borealis Advances Plastics Circularity With the First-of-Its-Kind Borcycle M Commercial-Scale Advanced Mechanical Recycling Plant

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Borealis Advances Plastics Circularity With the First-of-Its-Kind Borcycle M Commercial-Scale Advanced Mechanical Recycling Plant

  • Borealis is taking another important step towards expanding its advanced mechanical recycling capabilities.
  • A commercial-scale plant will be operational in 2025, with the capacity to produce over 60 kilotonnes of circular solutions and compounds per year.
  • The design of the plant will be based on Borcycle M, Borealis’ advanced mechanical recycling technology platform.
  • EverMinds at work: This milestone confirms how innovation & technology continue to drive our transformation to a circular economy.

Borealis is designing a first-of-its-kind commercial-scale advanced mechanical recycling plant to be located in Schwechat, Austria. The plant will be based on Borealis’ own Borcycle M technology, which transforms polyolefin-based post-consumer waste into high-performance polymers suitable for demanding applications. This represents another tangible step forward on Borealis’ path to net zero.

The new plant will have capacity to produce over 60 kilotonnes of advanced mechanical recycled polyolefin solutions and compounds per year. For customers and end-consumers, this will mean an increase in the availability of high-quality recycled plastic products.

The decision was based on positive feedback from the market on recycled polyolefins delivered by a demonstration plant based on the same technology. This plant was located in Lahnstein, Germany, and operated by Borealis, Tomra and Zimmerman.

Mechanical recycling plays a key role in Borealis’ approach to achieving circularity, as shown in the integrated cascade model. The new plant will expand Borealis’ capabilities in this area, following on from the acquisitions of plastic recyclers mtm plastics in 2016, and Ecoplast Kunstoffrecycling in 2018.

The front-end engineering design (Feed) stage for the plant will be carried out by Nextchem, specialists in the field of green chemistry and technologies for the energy transition. Upon successful completion of Feed phase, Borealis expects to take a final investment decision in the second half of 2023 and start construction by the end of 2023. The first volumes of recycled polyolefin products are expected in 2025.

The plant will support Borealis to deliver on its sustainability commitments, which target a supply capacity of 600 kilotonnes of circular products and solutions globally by 2025, further increased to 1.8 million tonnes by 2030.

“With our purpose to reinvent essentials for sustainable living, Borealis is committed to rapidly increasing the share of recycled content across a wide range of high-performance polyolefins. Proof-in-point of the EverMinds mindset, this step demonstrates how innovative technology continues to advance circularity,” says Lucrèce Foufopoulos-DeRidder, Borealis Executive Vice President of Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology

www.borealisgroup.com

 

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Groundbreaking Borstar Nextension Technology Sets New Standards in Performance-Based Polyolefins

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Groundbreaking Borstar Nextension Technology Sets New Standards in Performance-Based Polyolefins

  • New era of polypropylene film grades has begun with launch of first BorPure grades for flexible and thermoformed food packaging based on Borstar Nextension Technology
  • Nonwoven grade based on Borstar Nextension Technology offers excellent spinning performance and tensile strength
  • EverMinds in action: increasing the impact of circular solutions thanks to superior performance in tandem with improved recyclability and material efficiency

Borealis announces the launch of the first breakthrough polypropylene (PP) grades based on the groundbreaking Borstar Nextension Technology, a step change in performance for tailor-made PP that delivers superior properties for cast and blown film. Two BorPure film grades that set new standards for PP food packaging, BorPure RB787MF and BorPure RE539MF, are designed for eco-efficiency and recyclability. The nonwoven grade Borealis HG485FB, also based on Borstar Nextension Technology, offers superior performance characteristics. These and all other Borstar Nextension grades can be made using feedstock from the Bornewables and Borcycle C portfolios of circular polyolefins. By leveraging its polymers technology expertise, Borealis is offering its partners and customers an ever larger number of solutions providing superior performance paired with enhanced circularity and material efficiency.

Borstar Nextension Technology: a breakthrough for PP applications
Based on the proprietary Borstar platform, this groundbreaking technology broadens the range of PP properties by using proprietary, single-site Borstar Nextension catalysts and Borstar PP technology combined with multimodality and comonomer incorporation. Depending on application requirements, this step change in performance enables PP products to be tailored for superior optics and surface functionality, high purity, and sealing and bonding. The result is a spectrum of differentiated solutions that can be used in a variety of industries, including consumer products, healthcare, automotive, flexible packaging, and more.

“The Borstar Nextension Technology is a breakthrough innovation that will enable the development of novel and more circular solutions for a wide range of applications, especially in the packaging industry,” says Erik Van Praet, Borealis Vice President Innovation & Technology. “Built on the strong foundation of the Borstar platform and delivered through our profound technology expertise, this innovative blending of functionality and sustainability is in line with our EverMinds ambition of accelerating action on circularity.”

Borstar Nextension Technology enhances performance, facilitates recyclability and eco-efficiency via downgauging
BorPure RB787MF and BorPure RE539MF are the first resins to be made using Borstar Nextension Technology, which is now being scaled up. They have been designed for use in flexible packaging applications such as highly transparent thermoformable films, and sheets and lamination films for pouches and lid films. PP blown film converters benefit from BorPure RB787MF’s excellent and consistent film clarity at high extrusion throughput, very low overall migration, low seal initiation temperature, and high seal strength. PP cast film converters using BorPure RE539MF benefit from its superior transparency, high stiffness balance along with thermal stability, very low overall migration, and clean surfaces. Additional advantages include high packaging line efficiency, excellent packaging integrity, and outstanding organoleptics. The grades have been designed to enable an easier switch from conventional non-recyclable structures to fully recyclable monomaterial PP solutions, thus driving plastics circularity.

Also based on Borstar Nextension Technology is Borealis HG485FB, designed for the spunbond process. Thanks to its broad processing window and excellent spinning performance, converters can push the operating window in optimisation of web properties, web coverage, and strength. Compared to conventional resins, Borealis HG485FB provides substantial downgauging potential, thus enabling the more efficient use of resources while maintaining the same high functionality.

All grades based on the Borstar Nextension Technology may also be made using circular solutions from the Bornewables and Borcycle C portfolios. The Bornewables portfolio consists of polyolefins made with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams such as used cooking and vegetable oil. The virgin-quality grades found in the Borcycle C family of chemically recycled solutions are fit for the most demanding applications, including food-contact and healthcare.

Bornewables and Borcycle C grades are ISCC Plus certified according to the mass balance method that allows the customer to track and quantify the effective renewable (Bornewables) or circular (Borcycle C) feedstock used at each manufacturing step. Selecting grades from these portfolios allows customers to replace fossil fuel-based feedstock with an identical volume of sustainably sourced renewable or circular feedstock – without extra switching costs, and while maintaining the same high application quality.

“The launch of the first series of grades based on Borstar Nextension Technology enables customers and brand owners to adopt highly efficient and easily recyclable packaging solutions, all while setting new standards in PP performance,” says Peter Voortmans, Borealis Global Commercial Director Consumer Products. “And it’s just the beginning, as we add more innovative grades to this unique family for use across other industries. This is yet another example of how Borealis is re-inventing essentials for sustainable living.”

www.borealisgroup.com

 

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Borealis Announces Launch of the Borstar Nextension Technology, a Step Change for Performance-Based Polyolefins

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Borealis Announces Launch of the Borstar Nextension Technology, a Step Change for Performance-Based Polyolefins

  • Breakthrough technology broadens range of polypropylene (PP) properties thanks to proven Borstar performance and unique single-site Borstar Nextension catalysts
  • Groundbreaking proprietary technology drives plastics circularity by simplifying design for recycling
  • Novel proprietary Borstar Nextension catalysts produced at newly-built Borealis plant in Porvoo, Finland

Borealis announces the launch of its proprietary Borstar Nextension technology, a step change for PP performance. The combination of Borstar and the proprietary Borstar Nextension catalysts produces a wider range of tailored polyolefins. In multilayer applications, this groundbreaking technology enables the replacement of multiple different materials with only one material, thus enabling easier recycling and encouraging design with recycling in mind. The single-site Borstar Nextension catalysts are being produced at a newly-built plant at the existing Borealis site in Porvoo, Finland. With the development and launch of the Borstar Nextension technology, Borealis is consolidating its industry position as a leader in innovation and technology and an accelerator of plastics circularity.

Universal solution for multilayer, multimaterial-based PP applications
The Borstar Nextension technology yields synergistic effects resulting from the combination of proven Borstar performance based on multimodality and the controlled incorporation of the comonomer, in this case higher α-olefins; and the novel, single-site Borstar Nextension catalysts. The technology is a step change for PP performance because it broadens the range of PP properties thanks to its ability to tailor polymers for unrivalled higher purity, excellent transparency and optics after sterilisation, as well as superior sealing and bonding at lower temperatures. This universal solution sets new standards by enabling material substitution in multilayer, multimaterial-based applications in a range of industries, including flexible packaging, healthcare and moulding. Initial product introductions for selected consumer packaging solutions offer unbeatable transparency for film applications. For mobility applications, the Borstar Nextension Technology will enable purity levels beyond today’s automotive industry requirements with reduced odour and volatiles in automotive interior and exterior applications.

The Borstar Nextension technology drives plastics circularity. Its outstanding performance properties enable the use of only one material instead of many in multilayer applications. In a large number of applications, these circular packaging designs may include non-virgin grades like those from the Bornewables portfolio of circular polyolefins manufactured with second generation renewable feedstock; or from the transformative Borcycle portfolios containing grades made of polyolefins-based, post-consumer recyclate.

The monomaterial solutions enabled by this technology are easier to sort and recycle at the end of their first life cycle. Crucially, the high-performance monomaterial applications produced using this technology encourage design for recycling. In sum, using Borstar Nextension technology in the production of PP applications helps close the loop on plastics circularity while pushing performance boundaries.

The novel Borstar Nextension catalysts are being manufactured at the purpose-built Borealis plant in Porvoo, which started up in the first part of 2022. The present plant output supplies selected innovation grades at Borealis operations in Europe.

“Our Borstar Nextension Technology opens exciting new horizons for PP by uniting outstanding performance characteristics with enhanced circularity,” says Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Circular Economy and Innovation & Technology. “By setting new standards in advanced and circular polyolefins, we are leading the way in re-inventing essentials for sustainable living.”

www.borealisgroup.com

 

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Milliken & Company Commits to Net-Zero Future

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Milliken & Company Commits to Net-Zero Future

Diversified global manufacturer Milliken & Company announces its science-based net-zero targets have been approved by the U.N.-backed Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a collective of international organizations dedicated to helping companies set emission reduction targets consistent with climate science and the Paris Agreement.

“At Milliken, sustainability is a core value,” shares Halsey Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company. “Climate change is placing pressure on communities, on companies and on our planet. The time to take meaningful action is now.”

SBTi calculates that companies committed to cutting emissions in line with climate science now represent $38 trillion — one-third — of the global economy. Milliken is one of the first 50 companies globally to achieve approved science-based net-zero targets and joins a group of more than 1,300 companies who have made net-zero commitments using the 2021 SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard. Milliken is the first company to be approved in South Carolina, where Milliken’s global headquarters is located.

“Not all net-zero is the same, which is why Milliken commits to reaching real net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050 from a 2018 base year,” says Kasel Knight, general counsel and head of sustainability at Milliken. “By working with SBTi, our net-zero commitment, along with our approved near-term and long-term targets, has been fully vetted by the best available science on a global scale.”

“We’re proud Milliken is leading this work,” concludes Cook. “Our targets empower our team of more than 8,000 to reduce risk, minimize impacts, work efficiently, control costs and identify new ways to deliver products.”

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“The Bullet II” Extrusion Head From Guill Tool

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“The Bullet II” Extrusion Head From Guill Tool

New extrusion head from market leader features No hardware, for easy cleaning, plus quick-change tooling, as tips removes from the back, die from the front Plus new Cam Lock deflector retaining system

Guill Tool introduced The Bullet, an extrusion head with fixed center design, multi-port spiral flow design and gum space adjustment, plus the added feature of no fastening hardware, so cleaning and restart are easier and faster than any conventional head on the market currently, according to company sources. Recently, the company began offering the next generation of this unique and patented tool, The Bullet II. The Bullet II allows quick tooling changes, as the tips remove from the back and the die removes from the front of the unit. The absence of fastening hardware eliminates leaking, as does the taper body and deflector design pioneered by Guill. Additionally, the new patent pending Cam Lock deflector retaining system offers these additional benefits to extruders and machine builders:

  • It only takes ½ turn of the Cam Lock to remove and install the Deflector and Tip
  • No fastening hardware required
  • Fast tool changes, threaded retaining ring for the die and threaded tip retainer
  • Dies are removed from the front and tips from the rear
  • Tooling retainers also provide gum space adjustment
  • Hassle free air / vacuum connections
  • Simplified cleaning
  • Reduces downtime and lowers operating costs

High- and low-volume applications are suitable for this head and are accommodated with the simple, easy changing of just one component. A family of crosshead designs is available and users can specify the “caliber”, that is, the max. die ID.

A vacuum chamber and kit for assembly and disassembly are included with the unit. Optional keyed tooling capability offers machine designers and end users quick orientation, so the overall unit design enables faster disassembly, proper cleaning and restart, allowing the line to become more profitable, more quickly.

For a video demonstrating this new design, please visit:

www.guill.com

 

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Genki Forest Chooses Sidel’s High-Speed Aseptic Line to Sustain Rapid Growth Ambition

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Genki Forest Chooses Sidel’s High-Speed Aseptic Line to Sustain Rapid Growth Ambition

Genki Forest, China’s fastest-growing beverage company, has chosen Sidel’s high-speed leading Aseptic Combi Predis FMac system for its latest line. Sidel has demonstrated its strong local capability in China by installing the new line ahead of schedule.

Genki Forest’s low-calorie, low-sugar products have captured the market for China’s Generation Z consumers since its launch in 2016. Its ‘0 Sugar, 0 Fat, 0 Calorie’ flavoured water has opened up a new wave of healthy sparkling drinks in ten different flavours such as white peach, cranberry soup, and cucumber. The company’s sales grew 160% between 2020 and 2021 to reach CNY7 billion and it is now expanding into overseas markets.

Genki Forest has built several high-tech production sites since 2020 to meet its huge growth and continues to expand the market by developing new products. Its strong focus on production line efficiency, flexibility and stability, as well as guaranteed product safety, led it to choose leading international company Sidel for its latest high-speed line in Hubei province, China.

Zhang Li, Sidel’s Regional Sales Director, says: “We are committed to helping our customers achieve success through our ‘customer-centric’ concept, and we built up our relationship with Genki Forest over several years. Drawing on our skilled local manufacturing and support capabilities, we could offer Genki Forest high-speed aseptic technology and flexible equipment with excellent sustainability, all delivered ahead of schedule.”

Thanks to its Beijing plant and a mould shop in Shanghai, Sidel can offer its Chinese customers short lead times. Its team worked round the clock, completing the installation of the Genki Forest line in record time for Sidel in China – despite being carried out during pandemic restrictions. Sidel will continue to support Genki’s product innovation. A two-year packaging service agreement gives Genki access to Sidel’s leading PET packaging development and design capability, with continuous support from Sidel’s local and central packaging teams.

Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis FMac technology brings efficiency, flexibility, stability and reliability. It can produce both carbonated and still drinks, in aseptic conditions, with low energy consumption and an output of up to 48,000 bottles per hour. Sidel’s Aseptic Combi Predis, a blow-fill-seal solution with dry preform and cap sterilisation, consumes no water and uses very few chemicals to sterilise the whole packaging during production.

Sidel has now installed nearly 120 aseptic beverage packing lines in China, and more than 300 worldwide. The Aseptic Combi Predis technology received FDA approval in 2017. The Genki Forest line has passed all microbiological tests, ensuring complete customer satisfaction.

Find out more at www.sidel.com

 

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Covestro Collaboration With Sabic Unlocks Improved Recyclability for Mono-Material Flexible Plastic Pouches

Kanchana Hettiarachchi
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Covestro Collaboration With Sabic Unlocks Improved Recyclability for Mono-Material Flexible Plastic Pouches

  • Covestro has developed a new heat-resistant coating for use on mono-material stand-up pouches made with Sabic’s PE/BOPE technology
  • Coating facilitates high-speed industrial production of stand-up pouches made with Sabic BOPE biaxially oriented polyethylene
  • New solution enables simpler, single-stream recycling
  • Covestro provides key ingredients, raw materials, and expertise for the development of heat-resistant coatings
  • Sabic provides key ingredients, raw materials, and expertise for the development of mono-PE stand-up pouches

Covestro has developed a proof-of-concept heat-resistant coating for use on mono-PE stand-up pouches made with Sabic BOPE polymer. The coating facilitates the industrial-scale production of BOPE-based mono-material stand-up pouches on horizontal form-fill-seal (HFFS) lines. This innovation paves the way for simple single-stream recyclability of flexible plastic pouches, marking an important step on the way to achieving a circular economy for packaging. Covestro and Sabic will continue their collaboration to further improve and eventually commercialize this product and bring its benefits to brand owners and consumers.

A revolution in packaging materials

Traditional flexible plastic packaging uses multi-material laminates, which are difficult to recycle as it is expensive and time-consuming to separate the different polymer layers. Driven by concern around packaging waste from consumers, governments, and industry, packaged goods brands are looking for more circular solutions. One increasingly popular option is mono-material packaging, made with materials such as BOPE.

BOPE can be used to make flexible packaging in which all the layers are manufactured from PE polymer grades. This packaging can then be recycled in a single stream. However, BOPE-based mono-material stand-up pouches are difficult to manufacture at scale on FFS lines due to their low heat resistance compared with current Pet- or PA-containing laminates. To solve this problem, Covestro engineered a heat-resistant coating for mono-PE BOPE-based stand-up pouches. This increases the pouches’ heat resistance so they can be manufactured on high-speed FFS production lines while maintaining high visual and performance qualities. Thanks to Covestro’s new coating, Sabic’s BOPE polymer can be a viable alternative to replace PA and Pet containing multi-material laminates for flexible plastic packaging.

“We take our responsibility to create lower-impact packaging seriously. Our circular economy strategy focuses on recyclable solutions that unlock pathways toward closing the loop on materials,” explains Davide Reverdito Bove, Sector Marketing Manager at Covestro. “In Sabic, we found an expert partner. This close collaboration will enable us to accelerate the engineering and testing process of our new heat-resistant coating for BOPE with clear benefits for the product quality, the customer, and the planet.”

Catalyzing circularity in the packaging industry

Covestro’s heat-resistant coating has several benefits for packaging manufacturers. It prevents heat seal bars from sticking during the sealing stage of the HFFS and VFFS process – allowing for a broader sealing temperature window and eliminating wrinkling and shrinkage. This enables the creation of high-performing mono-material flexible stand-up pouches with simple, single-stream recyclability.

“Thanks to this heat-resistant coating solution for flexible packaging, manufacturers can meet challenges in processing, without compromising on the properties and machinability of the packaging,” says Roel Beckers, Sales Manager at Covestro. “It allows a faster switch to mono-PE solutions and the use of the BOPE material as we work with global value chain partners who share our mindset of contributing to a more circular plastics economy.”

Covestro innovative heat-resistant coating enables brands, retailers, film producers, and others in the value chain to create new high-performance yet recyclable mono-material packaging – supporting the drive to achieve a circular economy for flexible packaging in Europe and beyond. Although the coating is currently at the proof-of-concept stage, Covestro and Sabic are excited to further develop this innovative solution into a commercial product, helping brands and consumers achieve their sustainability ambitions. By embracing open innovation, both Covestro and Sabic are also committed to working together with the full packaging value chain to accelerate the introduction of more circular packaging solutions to the market.

www.covestro.com.

 

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