NextFilm™ biodegradable and compostable

Green commitment for the Milanese company Ticinoplast which, on the occasion of World Environment Day (Friday 5 June 2020), presents the NextFilm™ product range: a new generation of packaging films, an expression of the company's commitment to the circular economy and sustainable development.

The first family of new packaging solutions proposed by Ticinoplast is represented by biodegradable and compostable MATER-BI films, compliant with the international standard UNI EN 13432, for lamination or for single use in the packaging of food and suitable products to compostable packaging.

The result of the collaboration with Novamont, the new films have been developed thanks to a joint work of research, development, industrialization and tests on printing machines, laminators and packaging lines, which lasted almost 3 years.

In total, these are five films, already OK Compost certified, characterized as follows:

• 2 print media and 3 sealing films. Rolled together, they guarantee mechanical and welding characteristics suitable for production on any packaging machine. The printing supports can be worked on both gravure and flexographic lines. The sealing films can be used both in lamination and as single films, depending on the applications, and can be printed.

 Thanks to the collaboration with Saes Coated Film, the printing substrates of the NextFilm ™ line can be subjected to surface treatments to increase the properties of high barrier against humidity and gases (CoathinkTM technology), in order to guarantee functional characteristics comparable to those of the traditional packaging systems.

In the coming months, in addition to compostable films, the NextFilm™ line will also be enriched with polyethylene film obtained from PCR resins from chemical recycling, therefore suitable for food contact, as well as with Biobased polyethylene film.

For this reason, Ticinoplast has started the ISCC + certification process, thus updating its position in the circular economy and sustainable development.