Tekni-Films Announces Extensive Line of Specialty Films For Packaging Applications
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA—November 11, 2014—Tekni-Films, a division of Tekni-Plex, Inc., has developed an extensive line of high barrier, Barex alternative packaging structures that target a wide variety of pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, food and other applications.
The company has multiple thermoformable blister/tray film structures as well as heat-sealable pouch/lidding options that equal or exceed the performance attributes required by customers for these laminations.
Tekni-Films’ thermoformable options include polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and Aclar polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) inner and outer layers, coupled with either ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and/or cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) for enhanced barrier properties. In addition, Tekni-Films’ heat-sealable pouch/lidding flexible materials have been commercialized in a variety of paper/foil/plastic (PE, LDPE, PET) and EVOH combinations to suit a broad range of applications.
Thermoformable film packaging applications target pharmaceutical, medical, personal care, food and animal health products. Pouch applications include transdermal patches, and solid and liquid dose drug delivery systems.
