Technical Polymers Films and Packaging
 Arkema's functional polymers, Kynar® and Kynar Flex® Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF), Orgalloy® Resins, Osmofilm™, Platamid Hot Melt Adhesives and Pebax® Resins are used in many high performance film and packaging applications:
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Greenhouse and agricultural
Advanced drying technologies
Chemical barriers
Moisture and vapor barriers
Hot melt films and webs
Automotive trims
Breathable films
Protective gloves gowns and garments
Coextruded films, sheets and bottles |
With their excellent adhesive properties,Orevac™ Resins are used in the production of multi-layer structures that combine the performance of a polyolefin (mechanical resistance, sealing or water barrier properties) with that of an oxygen barrier material such as polyamide or Soarnol® EVOH, a product that is highly prized in the packaging industry. Lotryl™ Resins and Lotader® Resins are often used as polyolefin sealing layers.
Films are used for vacuum-pack bags (meats, prepared foods, fish, cheese, coffee, etc.), cooking bags (ham), sachets for sauces (mustard, ketchup, etc.) and for medical bags ("parenteral" technique). Sheets are used to produce small jars for fruit purées, and thermoformed trays to package salads, prepared foods and fresh pasta.
Multi-layer bottles using Orevac™ Resins as tie-layer are ideal for the packaging of fruit juices, vitamin-enriched milk, chemical products and pesticides.
Extrusion Coating / Lamination
The outstanding ability to adhere to different substrates makes Lotader® Resins and Orevac™ Resins the preferred tie-layers used in barrier structures made by extrusion coating or extrusion lamination processes.
These can combine cardboard, aluminium foil, metallised plastic films, or plain plastic films, such as OPA, OPET and BOPP.
Lotryl™ Resin, with proven performance in seal-peal applications, helps in designing sealable-peelable structures that are typically used in lids for trays and pots and bags for coffee and snacks.
The addition of 10% to 20% of specialized Pebax® Resin grades can improve the properties of certain nylon 6 or nylon 6/6 films. The major physical property improvements are improved tear resistance, increased impact resistance and greater flexibility. Films modified with Pebax® Resins remain clear or have improved clarity. In addition, Pebax® Resins can reduce the physical property changes that occur when the relative humidity changes.
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