Barrier Technologies: Efficiency, cost, challenges

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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.

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