packaging segment
Braskem announced the increase in its range of solutions for the packaging segment, one of the company's main consumers of thermoplastic resins in South America.
The Braskem Flexus family, the company's high-performance film brand, now has Flexus 9213S, which features low blocking, low migration of additives and greater stability of the prepress treatment, in addition to performance gains and excellent impact resistance. and perforation, characteristics already known in this family of resins. Among the main applications for the Flexus 9213S are form fill seal (FFS) packaging for petfood, stand-up pouches and multilayer food films.
Production of special films and laminates
The Braskem Proxess family, a brand of films with excellent processability, is also reinforced by Proxess 3310, a medium-density polyethylene produced with a metallocene catalyst, which has excellent processability, with a low content of gels. Specific for the production of specialty films and laminates, the grade offers greater rigidity and low impact on optical properties when encapsulated. Its great differential is the reduction in the thickness of the final product, which can be used in applications such as toothpaste tubes, pet food, stand-up pouches and multilayer films.
The flexible packaging segment also gains three new solutions. Grade HD2000F, high density polyethylene produced with bimodal technology, which offers better processability to the final product, due to the wide distribution of molar mass. The film that is produced from this resin has high tenacity and impact resistance, even at low thicknesses. This new grade was developed mainly for the segment of plastic bags and perforated coils.
Flexible packaging performance
Specially designed to serve the market of mono or coextrusion tubular films, the HD5000N grade, high density polyethylene, has excellent mechanical properties and processability, in addition to expanding the performance of flexible packaging that demand high rigidity, good optical properties and, especially, better barrier against water vapor. The main applications of this product are food, such as special films that are in contact with food and packaging for cereals and other products that require a specific barrier against water vapor.
Cargo palletization
Closing this category is RF70, the only polypropylene grade for stretch film formulations. This random copolymer, with a medium melt flow index, does not contain slipping or anti-blocking additives, making it suitable for the preparation of customized formulations. This resin guarantees greater operational efficiency in palletizing loads, since the films have greater tear propagation resistance, in addition to contributing to the reduction of waste generated by film failures in the unitization process. Due to the better performance in mechanical properties, it is possible to achieve high levels of film stretching and consequent optimization in the application during palletizing, reducing the ratio between the weight of the applied film and maintaining the load holding force. In this way, the entire process of storing and transporting cargo becomes more sustainable, efficient and safe.
new solutions
Fabio Agnelli, responsible for the Application Engineering team at Braskem, emphasizes that the launches are in line with the company's commercial strategy, based on proximity to the customer. “We have a technical team dedicated to identifying market opportunities and efficient in the search for new solutions, focused on fully meeting the needs of our customers and brand owners. We are very pleased with the expansion of our portfolio, which evolves in the delivery of important characteristics to the segment, such as high performance, resistance and safety”, says the executive.
Source: https://www.embalagemmarca.com.br/2021/01/braskem-amplia-portfolio-de-resinas-para-embalagens/
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