Post-Consumer Recycled-Content Barrier Film Earns 2019 AIMCAL Sustainability Award
February 28, 2019The Assn. of International
Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) presented its 2019 Sustainability
Award tonight at an Awards Ceremony on the opening day of its Annual Meeting
(Feb. 26-28, 2019) at the Miramonte Indian Wells Resort & Spa in Palm
Springs, CA.
The winner is a 90% post-consumer
recycled-content (PCR) biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) barrier film from
Flex Films (USA), Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY), a subsidiary of Uflex, Ltd.’s Films
Business (Noida, India). Available in metallized (F-PCR/M) or clear
aluminum-oxide-coated (F-PCR/A structures, the film represents a 75% reduction
in carbon footprint versus virgin BOPET grades. Associated technology is both
patented and patent-pending.
The judges believe the use of PCR content
improves the sustainability profile of flexible packaging and described the
F-PCR/M and F-PCR/A films as “a real recycling success.” In effect, noted one
judge, “It takes waste and makes it a first-tier product.”
The judging teleconference was moderated by
AIMCAL Executive Director Craig Sheppard. The panel consisted of well-known
experts in the converting field: Dr. Charles A. Bishop of C.A. Bishop
Consulting (Loughborough, UK); Dr. Edward D. Cohen of Edward D. Cohen
Consulting, Inc. (Fountain Hills, AZ); and Dr. Eldridge M. Mount of EMMOUNT
Technologies LLC (Canandaigua, NY).
