Entries for tag: Borealis
Kaller Kunststoff Technik GmbH (KKT), a specialist in the production of plastic bottles
for the food, beverage, cosmetic and paint industry, has selected a biaxially oriented
polypropylene (PP) grade from Borealis to manufacture injection stretch blow
moulded (ISBM) bottles for water-based paint. The choice of this material gives KKT a
competitive edge in this specialised market traditionally dominated by extrusion blow
moulded high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based bottles. Lower production costs,
improved aesthetics and better impact resistance are among the advantages provided
by Borealis’ PP ISBM grade RF926MO.
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Borealis, a leading innovative plastics provider, is enlarging its product offer for high
quality films with a new addition to its Bormed™ family of dedicated healthcare
polyolefins. The new grade, Bormed TD109CF, is a polypropylene (PP) sealing
material that combines processing advantages with high transparency, purity,
excellent sealing behaviour and sterilisability. End uses which can benefit from the
performance advantages include pouches, form- fill-seal (FFS) film, the sealable layer
for lids for the packaging of medical devices, and lid films for blister packaging. With
this new grade, Borealis’ range of solutions for the medical film industry becomes
uniquely broad.
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Borealis brings a new polypropylene Borpact™ grade to film converters and product
manufacturers which offers solutions to the packaging industry due to a unique
combination of good low temperature resistance, high stiffness, high heat resistance
plus excellent optical properties. Food packaging, pouches, peelable lidding film and
film bottle labels are among the application areas set to benefit from Borpact
BC914TF. With this development, polypropylene can be used in a number of new
sectors, such as in labelling and modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) trays for
meat and fruit.
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