TAGS: Sealants Sustainability / Natural Adhesives
NOVA Chemicals Corporation launches a new family of high-performance plastomer resins under the brand ASTUTE™. These high-performance ASTUTE™ brand resins—ASTUTE QPsK905 and ASTUTE QHsK908—leverage NOVA Chemicals’ proprietary Advanced SCLAIRTECH™ technology to produce polyethylene-based sealant resins.
Reach Sustainability Goals
The plastomer resins provide opportunities for downgauging and lightweighting while enabling excellent processability and sealant properties. This new product family will become a new building block for all polyethylene (PE) recyclable packaging enabling converters and brand owners to reach their sustainability goals.
The two new ASTUTE offerings include:
ASTUTE QPsK905 plastomer is suitable for use as a single layer or in blends and offers superior package integrity and robust sealing on a broad range of packaging equipment, including high-speed packaging lines. It is also easier to handle than conventional plastomers, thanks to less pellet and film blocking, and is less prone to bridging in the feed throat or extruder, providing peace of mind to converters and material handlers.
ASTUTE QHsK908 showcases one of the broadest hot tack window and lowest seal initiation temperature, with excellent seal around contamination providing outstanding package integrity on high-speed packaging equipment. Its unique combination of dart and stiffness (secant modulus) and best-in-class puncture resistance, make it ideal for packaging sharp products such as crackers and bone-in meats.
Suitable for Food Packaging & E-commerce
In particular, ASTUTE™ products are suitable for a wide variety of product applications including food packaging, heavy duty sacks and e-commerce. NOVA continues to offer the full range of resins, from high-barrier / high-density to linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), with the addition of very low-density polyethylene and plastomers, providing a full array of polyethylene solutions for the entire value chain.
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The extension of NOVA Chemicals’ Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology into plastomers will allow our customers to design high-performance, mono-material packaging which can become truly circular,” said Greg DeKunder, NOVA Chemicals Vice President of PE Marketing and Circular Economy.
ASTUTE QPsK905 and ASTUTE QHsK908 resins are commercially available.
Source: NOVA Chemicals Corporation