Adeka Palmarole has developed new environmentally-friendly blowing agents for the manufacture of food contact polystyrene, PET or PP foam containers.

The packaging industry is very often wrongly accused for generating waste when one of its main trends is to reduce the weight of materials to reduce waste. Innovation in packaging has inspired more and more improvements in terms of material saving, processability and depending on the application, it also integrates the statutory constraints in food security.

Chemical blowing agents are additives used in the manufacturing of foamed plastic. These additives function by blowing gas that is generated by thermal decomposition. The gas then forms the foamed structure in the polymer matrix.

These blowing agents can be used for thermoformed packaging based on PP, PS and PET in applications such as egg cartons, meat trays, fast food containers...

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Easy-to-Use Chemical Blowing Agent Systems Designed for Food Packaging Applications:

Adeka Palmarole has developed a new generation of environmentally-friendly blowing agents approved for the manufacture of food contact polystyrene, PET or PP foam containers.

These approved, endothermic systems allow the production of foamed products with a wide processing window. For both injection moulding and extrusion, these products are offered in an easy-to-use form. The benefits of these ready to use systems are summarized below:

Moreover thanks to a low loading of these blowing agents (1.5-1.8%) and the regularity of the foam structure, the mechanical and physical properties of the plastic are preserved.

Markets:

Food packaging

Polymer:

PP, PS and PET

Effect:

Blowing agent, weight reduction of packaging for less waste

Key performance:

Weight reduction

Less waste

Cost reduction

Processable by co-extrusion and multilayers

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