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what's new

Materials

The Forest Film PE label material is produced in collaboration with UPM Biofuels
and Dow. UPM Biofuels provides the 100
percent wood residue-based raw material UPM BioVerno naphtha, which is then
processed by Dow into bio-based plastic
granules to be extruded into label film. The
new product range has an International Sustainability & Carbon Certification
(ISCC PLUS). It is produced using sustainable bio-feedstock, replacing the equivalent amount of fossil resources used in the
production process, using a mass balance
approach, accounting for the amount of
sustainable resources.

Ecotria packaging for cosmetics

Sustainable
packaging from SK
Chemicals

SK Chemicals has introduced Ecotria, a
new family of transparent PET-compatible
copolyesters containing 30% post-consumer recycled material. The new line was
developed in response to market demand
for sustainable solutions, said the company and currently consists of two grades,
Ecotria R100 and Ecozen R200, with the
former targeted at injection stretch blow
moulding and the latter at either injection
moulding or injection stretch blow moulding. The new products can be used successfully in most of the processes in which
PETG and PCTG copolyesters are currently
used and retain many of the properties of
copolyesters including ease of processing,
excellent chemical resistance and clarity.
Both grades are supplied as crystallised
granules which require drying at conditions
similar to PET before being processed.
The Ecotria product range is now available in Europe from SK Chemicals GmbH
and distributors.

Sustainable,
wood-based
label material
now available

First wood-based
film label materials
on
the market
UPM Raflatac has launched UPM Raflatac

Forest Film PE the newest member of its
range of sustainable film labelling solutions.

May/June 2020

Encore film range based on renewably-sourced non-food raw materials

Recyclable BOPP
film from renewable
non-food based raw
materials
BOPP film manufacturer Innovia Films has
introduced a new family of highly functional and recyclable BOPP films under the
brand name Encore. The films in the Encore
film range are manufactured from renewable non-food based raw materials, helping
to reduce the use of fossil based virgin raw
materials. Of the first two grades of Encore
film to be launched over the coming weeks,
one will be a low temperature heat seal film
for packaging and the other for pressure
sensitive labelling applications. The Encore
packaging and labelling film range will
have exactly the same properties as equivalent fossil based BOPP film - high clarity
and gloss, high stiffness, excellent water
vapour barrier and printability. They can
be used in all market segments currently
using BOPP films.

Covestro introduces
partially bio-based
PC film

Covestro develops
its first partially
bio-based
polycarbonate film
Covestro has expanded its sustainable
products portfolio with a polycarbonate
film containing over 50 percent of its biocarbon content - sourced from starch, derived from widely available plant feedstock.
The carbon footprint of the new film material is considerably smaller than that of conventional, petroleum-based polycarbonate.
Moreover, unlike conventional polycarbonates, it contains no BPA.
Called Makrofol EC, it is the first partially bio-based film in the company's product
portfolio. The film offers improved chemical
and weather resistance as well as increased
abrasion resistance. With quality properties
comparable to standard polycarbonate, the
product offers good printability and is suitable for lamination and coating.

Tomra's new Autosort system

Machinery
Securely
sorted
At its highly successful digital launching

event 9 June, Tomra introduced its two new
generation Autosort recycling solutions and
outlined plans for the upcoming launch of
a third new solution, Autosort Cybotrobotic
recycling technology.
Tomra's latest Autosort system, a highly
compact, versatile sensor-based sorting
system that can be used across a vast
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