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Water-based solutions: barrier coatings for paper, board and packaging
Today many packaging articles requiring barrier performance are based on composite plastics or combinations of fibre with laminated plastic films or wax coatings which are hard to recycle.
Artemyn Barrikote formulations are a unique family of water-based dispersion coatings which can be readily applied to paper and board substrates to give high levels of barrier performance while maintaining the ability to recycle the final article through normal paper waste recovery systems.
A key feature of our Barrikote range is the use of minerals within the barrier formulations This helps to
They are already proving very successful on the market for food service, paper cups and flexible paper applications.
Packaging applications often require more than one barrier functionality or have to be designed with other factors in mind such as heat sealing or creasing performance. This often requires a multilayer construction.
Artemyn has been active in barriers for many years and through partnership with our customers we have built up a detailed understanding of how to best use our products in multilayer coating systems to achieve the multiple functionalities that different end use applications require. We can advise our customers on starting constructions for many end uses short cutting the development path.
However, we recognise that every customer will have different application requirements and constraints. Our ethos is to work openly and collaboratively with our customers to ensure successful transition of any new barrier concept into industrial application.
Barrikote formulations consist of:
