Rigid packaging
Toughen up your plastic
The packaging industry is the largest consumer of plastics today. But manufacturers need to find ways to mitigate their carbon footprint and control costs by reducing packaging thickness and weight.
Talcs* are an ideal solution for achieving lightweight packaging with optimum mechanical properties while increasing production output and reducing formulation costs.
Talcs increase heat resistance while improving stiffness, impact strength and printability of thermoformed polypropylene packaging. They increase dimensional stability, reduce thermal expansion, shrinkage, warpage and anisotropy, and improve barrier properties. There are other benefits, too. Talcs can increase thermal conductivity – speeding up cooling and shortening production cycles – while improving the cuttability and printability of the finished product.
Talk to our experts about your products and we’ll find ways to save you money and increase performance, while reducing your ecological impact.
*Talc products are not available in the USA and Canada. Contact us for an alternative range.
Key benefits
- Improve flexural modulus enabling downgauging
- Increase dimensional stability, reduce thermal expansion, shrinkage, warpage and anisotropy
- Limit IR absorption
- Improve barrier properties
- Are ideal nucleating agents
- Increase thermal conductivity, speeding up cooling, shortening production cycles
- Improve cuttability and printability of the finished product
- Increase heat resistance - ideal for microwave resistant packaging for prepared meal applications
- Are chemically inert and infinitely recyclable
- Lower the carbon footprint of the final product
Abrasives
Whether you are looking to polish, sand, smoothen, grind, or even cut a workpiece, you want to be sure that the material used, its hardness and grain size are right for the job at hand. We are the world leader in fused minerals for abrasives, ready to assist and deliver on all your finishing needs.
