en.Wedoany.com Reported - Michelman, a U.S.-based company, has recently launched two bio-based, plastic-free coatings in the European market—Nuvita Life 4002 and Nuvita Life 4605. Specifically designed for fiber-based food packaging, these coatings aim to provide barrier properties while promoting recyclability and compostability. Both products target retail food packaging applications, addressing increasingly stringent environmental regulations.
Nuvita Life 4002 is a heat-seal coating that offers oil and grease resistance as well as mineral oil barrier properties. It enables strong seals across a wide sealing window and can be overcoated for increased design flexibility. Nuvita Life 4605 serves as a topcoat, providing oil and grease resistance, water resistance, and moisture protection, making it suitable for a variety of retail food packaging applications.
Both coatings are free of microplastics and comply with the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, with their dry film composition being 100% bio-based. They are compatible with existing recycling streams and support compostable end-of-life disposal. Additionally, the coatings offer crease resistance and a low coefficient of friction design, facilitating use on vertical form-fill-seal processing lines. Target applications include dry food pouches, sachets, food bar flow wraps, and tea bags.
Lori Gobris, Global Marketing Director of Packaging at Michelman, stated: "The Nuvita Life range opens up new possibilities for paperization in retail food applications. These forward-thinking technologies enable fiber-based packaging to deliver the high-barrier performance that converters and brands require, while supporting compliance with regulations aimed at reducing plastic pollution and waste."
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