Expanded sustainable products help customers meet increasing demand for eco-friendly packaging.

A new report from MarketsandMarkets has the industry at a CAGR of 5.3% between 2020 and 2025.

The new packaging is designed to address issues of food safety and food loss by reducing discoloration, loss of flavor, and quality deterioration during frozen distribution and storage.

Toppan Printing has expanded its market-leading GL BARRIER range of films with the development of a polypropylene-based barrier film suitable for boiling water sterilization and hot filling and a transparent barrier film using a polyethylene substrate.

S-One Labels & Packaging will sell Charter NEX barrier/sealant films in North America. 

Toppan USA will showcase a range of sustainable barrier films at PACK EXPO, specifically the GL-GP, Barrier-Coated BOPP, GL-EY-A and Coated Met-PET.

Schur Flexibles Flexofol GmbH has introduced BarrierTop X 35, an ultra-thin high-barrier film that offers cost reduction and enhanced sustainability.

Davis-Standard has introduced a new ironing roll winder that supports markets for larger diameter master rolls up to 1.2 meters (4 feet) in diameter on cast film lines up to 6 meters (20 feet) wide. 

Toray Plastics (America) has launched Lumirror MK61HB and PA1HB barrier-coated polyester film as alternatives to foil, PVdC-coated PET and OPP, and AlOx-coated PET.

Cosmo Films will be showcasing its complete range of specialty films for packaging, laminating and labeling applications at the upcoming Interpack, which takes place May 4-10 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Visitors can find the company in Hall 9 at Stand F26.