Packaging material formulation and processing

ITENE develops technologies for formulating and processing materials for a range of applications, mainly in packaging. We devise new materials with enhanced performance and new functionalities while ensuring they can be mass produced using conventional packaging industry equipment such as sheet and film extrusion through cast and single and multilayer blow molding, hollow body extrusion-blow molding, injection, injection-blow molding, thermoforming, coatings, lamination, and printing.

R&D to enhance polymeric and cellulosic material properties

Researching and developing new materials has enabled us to improve the characteristic properties of materials used for packaging and to bring new, more sustainable materials onto the market by:

• Drawing on alternative raw materials (obtained from renewable, bio-based and recycled polymers).
• Functionalisation through including additives.
• Designing advanced simulation methods for processing technologies (compounding) to optimise new material formulations for use in packaging.

ITENE researches and develops new materials to enhance their performance in packaging applications. All the materials we develop are tested with a view to their end use and mass production. They are engineered under recycling-by-design principles while bearing in mind their end-of-life in line with the European circular economy strategy and the Royal Decree on packaging and packaging waste. We also assess their safety in compliance with applicable legislation (food safety, material production safety, etc.).

We work to develop materials which have significantly superior properties compared to their conventional counterparts available on the market in terms of lower costs, greater sustainability, enhanced performance and increased functionalities for a range of applications.

Achieving this goal calls for seamless interaction between developing new material formulations (including additives), processing technologies, end-of-life and product validation. We make these improvements in the field of both plastic and cellulosic materials.

Meeting the industry’s needs

• Complying with EU, national and regional legislation regulating packaging production and management.
• Enhancing or modifying properties by selecting components in the mixture or changing their proportions.

• Reducing raw materials, costs and environmental impact.
• Optimising packaging material properties to boost performance.

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  Miriam Gallur

  Materials and Packaging Area Manager

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