Trailblazers in Flexible Packaging

• A solvent/water based or solventless lamination is used to combine two or more layers
• The adhesive can perform additional functions, such as: resistance to chemical migration, maintaining bond during high temperature processing, combining layers without adding bulk and barrier

• Annular die
• Forms by melting into tube with multiple distinct layers
• Air cooled, therefore higher crystallinity

• Coat hanger die
• Forms melt into single sheet with multiple distinct layers
• Rapid quenching with cooled chill roll

Design Flexibility

• Printing options that go beyond the capabilities of flexo and roto such as variable content and hyper-customization
• Custom codes for gaming and personalization
• Reduced risk to experiment with new designs and packaging formats

Product Flexibility

• More timely and relevant product offerings
• Packaging for seasonal/calendar/event-based promotions and limited editions
• Packaging for heat-seal or cold-seal applications

Inventory Flexibility

• Order sizes that fit product demand
• Order sizes that fit marketing campaigns
• No investment in printing plates or engraved cylinders
• Reduction of obsolete inventory

• Molten plastic (or extrudate) is used to combine two or more layers
• The extruded can add or enhance properties, such as: bulk, toughness, puncture resistance, barrier (gas, flavor/aroma, moisture, chemical) opacity, and zero cure time

• Raised image printing plates
• Fluid inks wiped by a metal doctor blade

• Engraved copper cells at various depths
• Printing cylinder touches the substrate and transfers the ink