Ahead of the FachPack 2024, film manufacturer Südpack unveiled its latest innovation: PET floatable lidding films. Used on mono-APET trays, the low-density, sealable top webs can be separated during recycling from the APET bottom webs, producing cleanly recycled materials for infeed into the differ-ent material flows. This offers a sustainable market alternative for safe pack-aging of sliced meat, ham and cheese in peelable, thermoformed and MAP packagings. The PET floatable lidding films provide equal performance and processing reliability to conventional lidding films.
The product family includes a peelable version as well as a top web featuring Multipeel for excellent opening and reclosing. Consumers appreciate the extra convenience of secure closing and perfect protection for a longer shelf life of the packaged food. Multipeel PET floatable helps cut the carbon footprint of products in two ways: recyclable packaging and longer food freshness.
Strong product properties
Peel PET floatable is a premium product in terms of packaging safety and per-formance. The extra-thin lidding film (45 µm) securely seals against PET trays, even when contaminated with fats. It peels easily off the tray and does not tear or roll up. The high oxygen barrier also ensures optimal product protection. Good antifog properties keep the lidding film clear. This ensures an attractive presentation at the POS because consumers consider it a hallmark of quality of both product and packaging.
Another advantage is that Peel PET floatable does not require expensive ad-justments to production machines. The high-performance films can be optimal-ly processed just like conventional lidding films on thermoforming packaging machines and tray sealers. Excellent sealing properties and a large processing window guarantee high versatility as well as maximum packaging and process reliability.
Success factor with added value: recyclability
Südpack customers can combine the new Peel or Multipeel PET floatable so-lutions with mono-APET trays and declare their packaging concept recyclable. This makes a positive contribution to resource conservation and sustainability. “The good separability as well as low weight share of the top web in the overall packaging deliver a recyclability of over 80%. The first customer applications are already being implemented,” emphas Valeska Haux, Vice President Strate-gic Marketing & Sustainability at Südpack.
Südpack will present the new product family at the FachPack in Nuremberg from September 24 to 26, 2024 at booth 220 in Hall 4.
