Expertise & Capabilities

Expertise & Capabilities

Expertise For Every Stage of Packaging Development
Knowledge. Experience. Performance.

Our technical specialists bring decades of applied formulation and development experience in flexible packaging materials. When you collaborate with us, you gain access to integrated expertise spanning material science, coating technologies, lamination systems, and pilot-scale validation.

We combine laboratory precision with real-world manufacturing insight to help customers move from performance requirements to scalable solutions with confidence.

Core Technical Expertise Areas

Explore our capabilities from each stage of development, including early-stage material selection and formulation through performance evaluation, regulatory guidance, pilot-scale validation, and commercialization readiness.

Barrier Performance Engineering

Engineering surface performance systems for paper-based and hybrid packaging structures that help reduce moisture, grease, oil, and aroma migration under defined conditions. 

Typical Performance Targets

  • Moisture vapor resistance
  • Oil and grease resistance
  • Aroma containment
  • Surface durability and scuff resistance

Supported Substrates

  • Paper and board substrates
  • Coated papers
  • Hybrid paper/film substrates

Common Application Areas

  • Food packaging wraps and overwraps
  • Consumer goods packaging
  • Industrial protective packaging

Technical Methods

  • Surface modification techniques
  • Coating layer optimization
  • Performance testing under simulated use conditions
Lamination Systems Engineering

Engineering reliable multi-layer packaging structures through optimized adhesion performance across diverse substrate combinations.

Supported Lamination Processes 

  • Wet lamination systems
  • Dry lamination systems
  • Multi-substrate lamination systems

Typical Performance Targets 

  • Peel strength optimization
  • Initial adhesion performance
  • Fast bond build-up behavior
  • Robust adhesion across various substrate combinations

Substrate Pairing Expertise

  • Paper-to-paper
  • Paper-to-film
  • Paper-to-metalized film structures
  • Film-to-film

Common Industry Challenges Addressed

  • Robust adhesion build-up
  • Reliable final adhesion performance
  • Broad substrate compatibility
  • Good processability during converting
Regulatory & Food-Contact Guidance

Supporting packaging safety and regulatory evaluation through technical guidance and formulation development.

Regulatory Support Areas

  • Food-contact material guidance
  • Regulatory documentation support
  • Compliance pathway navigation

Typical Evaluation Areas

  • Migration considerations
  • Food safety compatibility
  • Regional regulatory alignment

 Customer Suppport Activities

  • Early-stage compliance screening
  • Documentation review and support
  • Alignment with packaging safety standards
Pilot & Scale-Up Validation

Validating material performance using pilot-scale coating systems designed to replicate commercial manufacturing conditions.

Pilot Capabilities Include

  • Pilot-scale coating validation using commercially relevant coating systems
  • Development-stage wet and dry lamination trials for materials feasibility evaluation
  • Process simulation focused on coating performance under realistic production conditions

Performance Validation Activities

  • Barrier property measurement for coated structures
  • Peel adhesion and bond development evaluations conducted during development-stage lamination trials
  • Durability and environmental resistance testing

Scale-Up Benefits

  • Helps reduce commercialization risk
  • Faster transition from lab to production
  • Improved manufacturing predictability

A Fully Integrated Technical Partnership

Every project benefits from cross-functional collaboration between formulation scientists, application engineers, and pilot-scale specialists. This integrated approach helps keep performance goals aligned across development stages.

Collaboration Highlights

  • Cross-functional technical support
  • Early-stage feasibility evaluation
  • Rapid iteration cycles
  • Integrated testing and validation workflows
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