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iegwerk, one of the leading global pro- respective performance requirements same packaging performance as non-
viders of printing inks and coatings of the packaging." recyclable complex multi-material sys-
for packaging applications and labels, For example, pet food packaging does tems but with the decisive advantage
has announced the successful devel- not only have to be food safe, but also of being fully recyclable.
opment of a fully recyclable mono-PE requires certain barrier properties, Both CIRKIT coatings are solvent-
bag for dry pet food using its CIRKIT such as resistance to oils and fats, to based, fully deinkable after delamina-
functional coatings. keep the food fresh and maintain the tion and can be printed inline without
Together with printing machine manu- packaging's structural integrity. For any loss in print performance. Besides,
facturer Windmöller & Hölscher and this purpose, complex multi-material full PU inks were used that are not only
bag-making and machine producer structures with a metallised layer have suitable for mechanical recycling but
B&B, the company jointly produced a commonly been used so far. also offer a process performance com-
new high-barrier mono-material pack- “The problem: they are not recyclable,” parable to NC/PU flexo inks in terms
aging, which not only offers the same added Habib. “This is where innovative of printing speed and quality. All used
packaging and process performance barrier coatings applied in thin layers inks and coatings comply with the lat-
as the multi-material structure com- and inline with regular printing inks est recycling guidelines including the
monly used for dry pet food but is also can help to switch from an incompat- German Minimum Standard and Recy-
fully recyclable. ible multi-material structure to a fully Class for recyclable packaging.
With all its new regulations and direc- recyclable mono-material solution in “This development success once again
tives, the EU is increasing the pres- the sense of a circular economy.” underlines the importance of collabo-
sure on brand owners and packaging By using Siegwerk’s CIRKIT Grease- rating along the packaging value chain,
manufacturers to rethink the design of Bar, an innovative inline printable combining the specialised know-how
packaging towards circularity. of industry experts,” Habib said. “To-
grease barrier coating, and CIRKIT
“New approaches are needed to meet HeatGuard, a coating for high-end gether, we have succeeded in develop-
the upcoming regulatory requirements sealing process efficiency (heat resist- ing a circular innovation that delivers
for circular packaging,” said Belal Ha- ance on film surfaces) that can also be on performance and maintains current
bib, head of brand owner collaboration applied inline with regular flexo or gra- process efficiencies due to inline and
at Siegwerk. “The challenge is to find a vure machines, the newly developed high-speed conversion. This shows
recyclable design that also meets the recyclable mono-PE bag achieves the that, by joining forces, we are in a po-
sition to make recyclable mono-plastic

Creating innovative lightweight plastic hood

yondellBasell (LYB) has an- "LyondellBasell is looking forward to motive materials."
nounced a collaboration with working with AISN to drive a common With the advancement of low carbon
Hunan Huda Aisheng Group mission of rapidly developing China's green policies worldwide, the domes-
(AISN), a leading automo- New Energy Vehicle market through tic automotive industry is achieving
tive supplier in China. This relation- differentiated solutions,” said Rolf energy saving and carbon reduction
ship aims to create the first lightweight van Beeck, vice president of Advanced through various means. The develop-
plastic engine hood applications for Polymer Solutions at LyondellBasell ment and application of lightweight
the NEV cars of premium domestic au- Asia Pacific and AfMEI, “In the future, automotive components has become
tomotive brands, progressing the au- we plan on further combining AISN’s one of the prominent ways to address
tomotive industry towards integrated expertise in automotive technology this. As part of this collaboration, Ly-
and lightweight designs. At the Chi- with the LyondellBasell compound ondellBasell is making full use of its
naPlas 2024 International Plastics and solutions, expanding the relationship revolutionary Hifax low linear coeffi-
Rubber Exhibition, the two companies to cover more body panel areas, and cient expansion to provide an alterna-
held a grand launch ceremony for this providing more automotive OEMs with tive solution to traditional metal engine
new product. innovation and development of auto- hoods delivering:

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