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Economic Model — Metallized Film vs. Foil

A cost model comparing metallized film against aluminum foil across barrier performance, material weight and total packaging economics.

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

The state of the art in applying flexo top-coats in-vacuum onto metallized film — the process science behind patented Metacoat™ technology.

MetallizingBarrier

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Paper2009-10-18

What Sustainable Packaging Means to Brand Owners, and What We Can Do About It

Presented at the AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference, this paper examines the drivers of sustainable packaging and how reducing metallized film gauge cuts material usage while preserving barrier performance.

SustainabilityBarrierMetallizing

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Paper2008-10-31

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

A survey of sustainability solutions for barrier films, arguing that economics -- not idealism -- drive sustainable packaging, so the most successful offerings improve the bottom line as well as the environment.

SustainabilityBarrierEconomics

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

An update on Celplast's patented single-pass, in-line metallizing and top-coating process that applies and E-beam cures a flexo coating in the vacuum chamber to deliver high-barrier metallized film.

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Novel Technology of Electron Beam Curing in Vacuum

A novel process that combines flexographic coating with electron-beam curing inside the vacuum metallization chamber to significantly improve barrier, mechanical and corrosion-resistance properties of metallized products.

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Inline Coating and Metallizing as a Way to Improve Barrier and Reduce Carbon Footprint

A conference presentation on how inline coating and metallizing can improve the barrier performance of packaging films while simultaneously reducing carbon footprint.

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Towards a Zero Landfill Metallizing Facility

Celplast shares its journey, begun in 2008, toward becoming a zero-landfill metallizing facility, presenting both its landfill-reduction achievements and the associated financial benefits.

SustainabilityEconomicsMetallizing

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Recyclable High-Barrier Flexible Packaging — Challenges & Opportunities Facing the Market

The market challenges — and the real opportunities — for recyclable high-barrier flexible packaging.

RecyclabilitySustainability

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Improve Barrier Properties & Significantly Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with In-Line Metallizing and Top-Coating

How combining in-line metallizing with top-coating lifts barrier performance while cutting the carbon footprint of a packaging structure.

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Barrier Packaging in the Real World

How barrier films perform beyond the spec sheet — real-world packaging demands, failure modes and the data that matters.

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