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Celplast Metallized Products Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification

Celplast's Toronto facility has achieved ISCC PLUS certification, enabling mass-balance material traceability and the supply of ISCC PLUS certified PCR PET and MET-PET films.

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ISCC PLUSCertified · Toronto

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Press ReleaseMar 17, 2017

Revolutionary Top-coated Metallized Film

Celplast announces the commercial availability of DURAMET top-coated metallized PET film, a lower-cost, lower-carbon-footprint alternative to foil that matches 4-ply foil laminate performance in 3-ply structures.

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Recyclable

THE DRIVE FOR 2025: What are the Options for Recycling Barrier Packaging?

As the flexible packaging industry pushes toward its 2025 recyclability goals, this article surveys the industry initiatives and Celplast's own work to make barrier and metallized packaging recyclable.

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Recyclable

Metallized Polyethylene & the Circular Economy

High-barrier, recyclable metallized polyethylene films such as Celplast's DURAMET line let all-PE pouches overcome their stiffness, speed and barrier limitations while entering the circular economy.

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Recyclable

The Circular Economy & Metallized Polyester

PET film will remain in many flexible pouches for years to come; this article explains how mechanical and chemical recycling produce PCR-PET, and how metallized PCR-PET films deliver high barrier for the circular economy.

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Press Release

Foil Replacement Solutions with Revolutionary High Barrier Performance Films

With antidumping and countervailing duties shaking the aluminum foil market, Celplast offers metallized film grades including DURAMET, FOILMET and FOILMET PLUS as high-barrier foil replacements.

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Packaging Insight

Cold Chain Packaging and Sustainability

Reflective insulation built on low-emittance metallized film is fueling growth in sustainable cold chain packaging for online grocery and meal kit delivery, offering an eco-friendly alternative to expanded polystyrene.

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Technology

In-Vacuum Flexo Top-Coating on Metallized Film: An Update on the State of the Art

A technical update on Celplast's patented single-pass in-vacuum flexo top-coating process, covering retort and lamination studies, direct food contact migration results, and scale-up to commercial production.

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Technology

Celplast Announces Next-Generation Inline Top-coating Metallizer with Metacoat® Technology

Celplast is installing the world's first commercial 2.45 m metallizer with inline flexo coating and E-beam curing using patented Metacoat technology, producing high-barrier films such as DURAMET.

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Company News

Replacing Foil: Practical Solutions for Today's Packaging Challenges

Metallized PET films from Celplast—FOILMET, FOILMET PLUS and the top-coated DURAMET—deliver the barrier, puncture and flex resistance needed to replace aluminum foil in demanding e-commerce packaging.

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Company News

How We Improved Metalized Film Barrier by 10x

By moving from a two-step to a single-step in-line top-coating process performed inside the metallizing chamber, Celplast developed DURAMET, achieving up to 10x better barrier than standard metallized films.

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Packaging Insight

Top Tips for Checking the Treat Side of Substrates

A practical guide to identifying the treated (functional) side of packaging films using dyne pens and chemical tests across polyester, polyolefins, and various coated substrates.

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Company News

Celplast Installs Large Scale Production of low-E facer for the Building Insulation Industry

Celplast is installing the first large-scale Metacoat metallizer to produce REFLECT-MET, a low-E, corrosion-resistant metallized PET facer for reflective and radiant barrier insulation, on webs up to 98 inches wide.

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