Constantia Flexibles and Plasthill Technical Films, a company of the Dutch Oerlemans Packaging Group, are partnering to bring Constantia Flexibles’ proprietary technology, CompresSeal, to the market in Europe.
Plasthill, a producer of high-end technical films and packaging based in Hillegom, the Netherlands and Austrian based flexible packaging producer Constantia Flexibles, combine their expertise to bring the eco-friendlier films to the market on an industrial scale.
Pim Vervaat, CEO of Constantia Flexibles said, “The technology behind the CompresSeal film is the result of years of research and development by our experts. Together with Plasthill’s leading embossing capabilities, we take this forward-looking packaging solution to the next level and offer it to customers in a broad variety of packaging applications.”
Furthermore, the technology reduces the issues associated with migrating slip agents usually used in the PE and PP film industry. Thus, fewer additives can be used and the coefficient of friction on the packaging line remains constant, independent of environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity. This also results in higher production speeds.
The packaging solution is particularly suitable to be used in flow packs for washing detergents, dry pet food, coffee, nuts, savory foods, as well as stand-up pouches for liquids.
Talking about the partnership, Sander Kool, Managing Director at Plasthill Technical Films said, “Our proposition is ‘The sustainable innovator’ and producing these new films is entirely in line with our Rethink Plastics strategy. The cooperation and teamwork with Constantia Flexibles turned out to be wonderful!“
Vervaat concluded, “Together with Plasthill’s leading embossing capabilities, we take this forward-looking packaging solution to the next level and offer it to customers in a broad variety of packaging applications.”