Billerud, a Swedish pulp and paper company, has launched ConFlex® HeatSeal, a packaging material designed to help manufacturers transition from fossil fuel-based packaging to more sustainable paper-based packaging.
The new material can be heat-sealed like conventional plastic products and recycled via paper recycling streams.
“With ConFlex HeatSeal, we offer a commercially viable, heat-sealable paper that supports businesses to transition away from plastic. It delivers strong sealing performance and recyclability within existing paper recovery systems and works within slightly modified converting processes where Billerud provides transition support. It’s great to see how we live our purpose to make high performance packaging materials for a low carbon society through innovation,”
~ Robert Torstensson, Vice President Business Area Paper, Billerud.
The company says that with a lower carbon footprint, ConFlex offers a high-performance alternative for companies looking to replace plastic packaging and that the new material will run on their existing machinery – possibly with some modification needed.
Billerud feels that opportunities for the new material exist in several markets, including industrial, hygiene and home interior goods.
