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PLANTIC™

Sustainable barrier material with high biomass content
General Name
Biomass-derived gas barrier material
Sales Format
Monolayer, multilayer laminate film

Overview

PLANTIC™ is a biomass-derived gas barrier material created through collaborative research between industry and academia in Australia. Since it was commercialized in 2003, PLANTIC™ has gained recognition for its high biomass content, and has been adopted as an environmentally friendly material by major retailers and food manufacturers in Australia, Europe and North America.

Examples

  • Food packaging
    Chilled food distribution (perishables, seafood, fresh meat, ham/sausage, raw pasta, cheese, etc.)
    Nuts, snacks, confectioneries

  • Industrial materials, etc.

  • A multilayer sheet laminated with polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or skin layers on both sides of a special starch-derived biodegradable gas barrier layer rich in straight-chain amylose.
    Gas barrier monolayer is also available.

  • Excellent formability. Optimal for containers and trays, blister packaging, and vacuum deep-drawing packaging. Used in MAP packaging and gas exchange packaging due to its high gas barrier performance.

  • The barrier layer (single layer) can be laminated with paper, polylactic acid (PLA), cellulose film, Bio PET and other substances. Enables the creation of a packaging material with biodegradability and compostability.

  • Also available in barrier sealant grade laminated with a starch-derived barrier layer and sealant layer.

TUV AUSTRIA : OK biobased  4 Star…80%≤BCC

TUV AUSTRIA:OK biobased  4 Star

TUV AUSTRIA :  OK biodegradable SOIL, WATER, OK compost, OK compost HOME

TUV AUSTRIA:OK biodegradable SOIL
TUV AUSTRIA:OK biodegradable WATER
TUV AUSTRIA : OK compost
TUV AUSTRIA : OK compost HOME

Plantic Technologies Limited
51 Burns Road Altona, 3018, Victoria Australia
TEL: +61 3 9353 7900
info.au@kuraray.com

EVAL Division
Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Tokiwabashi Tower, 2-6-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
E-mail: plantic.jp@kuraray.com

EVAL Business Unit
Kuraray America, Inc.

3700 Bay Area Boulevard, Suite 680, Houston, Texas, 77058, U.S.A.
plantic.us@kuraray.com

EVAL Europe N.V.
Keetberglaan 1B - Haven 1087 B-9120 Melsele, Belgium
plantic.eu@kuraray.com

Kuraray Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
331 North Bridge Road #18-02 Odeon Towers, 188720 Singapore
eval.jp@kuraray.com

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