Barrier Technologies: Efficiency, Cost, Challenges

This course is a practical introduction to the technology of barrier enhancements for PET bottles. It gives a broad overview of all techniques, lists costs and details how barrier enhancements should be approached.
Topics include:
- Shelf life considerations
- Products and their banes
- Discussion of available technologies
- Multi-layer
- Coating
- Additives
- Mono-layer materials
Details on
- Cost
- Efficiency
- Aesthetics
- Recycling issues
- Barrier improvement factor and its pitfalls
- Light weighing and barriers
- Dangers to the recycling stream
Who should attend?
Engineers and managers at brand owners and converters that need to know the details of the various technologies.