As awareness and understanding of sustainability become ever more prevalent, the packaging industry is turning its focus towards sustainable packaging. Lightweight and green packaging has become the bandwagon for the packaging industry to get on in order to balance ecological, economic and social needs. To cater for the demand of the packaging industry’s development, CHINAPLAS 2017 will bring to packaging professionals new technologies, materials and solutions from over the world to facilitate the migration towards lightweighting and sustainability.

Enhanced Expanded Polyethylene (EPE) Foam
Solution Developed by Dow Gives High Level of
Cushion Performance and Abuse ResistanceLightweight Packaging Solutions from Industrial Leaders
Lightweight plastic packaging requires less resin in the extrusion molding process, which is not only environmentally friendly, but also able to effectively reduce the cost of materials. Visitors will find a vast variety of new materials that facilitate to lightweight packaging from leading suppliers such as Dow and UROLA.

Dow’s EPE Foam Solution

• The enhanced expanded polyethylene (EPE) foam solution developed by Dow gives high level of cushion performance and abuse resistance. 
• With tailored LDPE/LLDPE blends and exceptional processability, this new foam solution achieves new levels of down weighting and downgauging. 
• Savings up to 15% can be made on raw material costs in unit packaging while providing the same or better protective performance.

UROLA’s ROTARY Extrusion Blown Molding Machine

• In addition, UROLA will be displaying a ROTARY extrusion blown molding machine which can produce bottles from HDPE (High Density Polyethylene). 
• Bottles produced have a very high consistency, with weight reduction averaging to 5% and energy consumption decreased by 30%. 
• This technology produces minimum material wastes and occupies very little floor space without compromise in surface finish, material distribution and consistency. 

Taikang POF (Polyolefin) Heat Shrink Films,
Developed by Shandong Taikang Biodegradable
Packing MaterialsCo. Ltd., Will Debut at Upcoming CHINAPLASHigh Barrier Film and Multi-layer co-extrusion Technology in CHINAPLAS 2017
With the growth in demand for domestic food packaging and agricultural films, the packaging industry needs a variety of high-performing and specialized packaging solutions, such as those that can maintain freshness of perishable food and dairy products and extend shelf-lives of products. This trend calls for high barrier property materials and advanced film manufacturing technologies.

BYK will be launching its newly-developed unique additive BYKO2BLOCK-1200 in CHINAPLAS 2017. This additive is based on platelet-forming modified clay and was developed especially for use in food packaging films. The separated platelets are distributed equally in the polymer matrix, thereby reducing the permeability to gases and water vapor. A small quantity of the additive can lead to a significant improvement in the barrier property while maintaining stable mechanical properties and transparency. Moreover, it can also improve heat deformability.

MACCHI SPA’s POD Technology

• The POD technology, developed by MACCHI SPA, which will be launched in CHINAPLAS 2017, allows for the production of better, thinner, stronger and cheaper multi-layer PE films. 
• The five-layer structure materials have excellent optical performance and can improve appearance and sealing properties. 
• The secondary sandwich layer materials can provide higher mechanical strength and allow easy downgauging.

CHINAPLAS 2017 to Showcase Biodegradable Plastics in a Kaleidoscope of Applications
Featuring degradable property and regenerative raw materials instead of petroleum, biodegradable plastics have, within a short period, become the alternative for traditional plastics in the quest towards sustainable and green packaging.

Biodegradable plastics are mainly utilized in plastic packaging film, agricultural film, disposable plastic bags and disposable plastic tableware; with increasing demands, biodegradable plastics have promising prospects. CHINAPLAS 2017 will showcase some significant advances in this field.

Innovative Packaging Solutions Showcased in CHINAPLAS
Give Professionals a New Horizon on PackagingPOF Heat Shrink Films
Taikang POF (polyolefin) heat shrink films, developed by Shandong Taikang Biodegradable Packing Materials Co. Ltd., will debut in the upcoming CHINAPLAS. It is currently one of the most advanced environmental friendly plastic packaging materials with higher tearing sound toughness and high anti-impact strength.

Biosuccinium Succinic Acid
REVERDIA will showcase its biosuccinium succinic acid in CHINAPLAS 2017. Biosuccinium is the first non-fossil feedstock derived chemical building block that allows customers in the chemical industry to choose a bio-based alternative with a lower eco-footprint for a broad range of applications, from packaging to footwear.

Poly Propylene Carbonate(PPC) Resin
Poly propylene carbonate(PPC), developed by Jilin Boda Oriental New Material Co., Ltd., is a biodegradable plastic resin of recycled greenhouse gas CO2, and is prepared by polymerization using carbon dioxide and propylene oxide. It can find uses in a wide variety of plastic markets to replace traditional resins such as PE, PP and PA, providing a new and comprehensive solution to sustainability and plastic pollution worldwide.

Professionals from upstream and downstream industries join forces for the future of packaging industry

About CHINAPLAS 2017

CHINAPLAS 2017 is organized by Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. and Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd. and co-organized by China National Light Industry Council - China Plastics Processing Industry Association, China Plastics Machinery Industry Association, Guangdong Plastics Industry Association, Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd., the Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai. The event is also supported by various plastics and rubber associations in China and abroad.

First introduced in 1983, CHINAPLAS has been approved by UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) since 2006. CHINAPLAS has been exclusively sponsored by the Europe's Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers (EUROMAP) in China for the 28th time. CHINAPLAS is currently one of the worlds and Asia's top plastics and rubber trade fairs.

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