Available under the brand name NexisCode, the new coatings are suitable for a range of film, paper and aluminium packaging applications
Flint Group has launched new chlorine-free heat sealable coating range in Europe. (Credit: Flint Group)
Flint Group Packaging Inks, a provider of print consumables to the packaging industry, has introduced a new range of chlorine-free heat sealable coatings for customers in Europe.
Available under the brand name NexisCode, the new coatings are suitable for a range of film, paper and aluminium packaging applications.
Produced using various binder technologies, the new range is in line with the company’s vision of ‘supporting packaging markets with responsibly built products and sustainable solutions designed for circular economies.’
Designed to meet all technical and regulatory requirements, the chlorine-free heat sealable coating range offers a solution for the latest mono-material packaging structures.
Flint Group Flexible Packaging Europe product manager Stephen Butler said: “Many brands and corporations are seeking to eliminate polyvinyl chloride from their packaging due to concerns about its impact on the recyclability of packs, as well as the environment.
“When PVC is mechanically recycled in today’s typical recycling stream, the high processing temperature can cause degradation of the resin into smaller chlorinated components, which can impact the quality of the resulting recyclate.”
The new range offers various benefits, including the possibility to heat-seal pack structures based on non-sealable mono-materials to reduce total packaging weight and offer low thermal sealing properties for temperature-sensitive packaging applications.
Suitable for rotogravure, flexographic and coating applications, the new range is available in both peelable and non-peelable formats for tear performance on various packaging substrates.
With some products being designed for direct food contact, the new coatings are also compliant with the European food contact material regulations.
In addition to a complete portfolio for paper packaging structures that are fully re-pulpable in a post-consumer recycling process, the new portfolio consists of a range of solvent-based coatings sealable against soft and hard aluminium, as well as polyolefin and PET films.
In October this year, Flint Group announced the creation of a new offset packaging solutions unit to better serve its customers.