Together with Wimbée, a French manufacturer of cardboard packaging, Koehler Paper has developed the first lid for aerosol cans made from 100 per cent cardboard and paper.
The innovative lid was produced for the industrial customer Héritage, which sells furniture care products under the brand name O'Cedar, among others. The fact that the flexible packaging paper „Koehler NexCoat Smart“ can be good for laminating, moulding and printing It is ideal for the surface of the cover. This is available in the common standard diameters Ø 51 mm and Ø 63.5 mm. The sizes Ø 45 mm and Ø 55 mm are in preparation.
Partnership paves the way to more environmentally friendly packaging
When developing the new lid, Wimbée was able to rely on Koehler Paper's expertise in this area. With the flexible packaging paper, which impresses with its high resistance to folding cracks, It is the ideal complement to cardboard - in terms of printability and processing, but also in terms of reducing the environmental impact.
„Koehler NexCoat Smart is ideally suited to our aim of creating a more environmentally friendly and, above all, recyclable alternative to conventional lids. It is made from renewable raw materials and can be recycled many times in the standard paper recycling process.“
Bettina Bastien, Brand Owner Manager for flexible packaging papers at Koehler Paper
With the NexFlex product range, the research and development team at Koehler Innovation & Technology, together with the experts at Koehler Paper, has developed a recyclable generation of flexible packaging papers. The aim is to use so-called barrier papers to replace plastic in packaging wherever possible. The product range covers a broad spectrum, including standard products in the coated and uncoated paper segment, as used in composite materials for bags, sachets and other applications and are therefore suitable for a wide range of packaging for food and non-food products.
The next generation of papers for flexible packaging are the sustainable barrier papers with their functional surfaces for product-specific protection (Koehler NexPlus). The NexFlex product family also includes one-side coated papers with good dimensional stability and high smoothness (Koehler NexCoat) and uncoated papers with a natural appearance (Koehler NexPure). Various flexible packaging papers from Koehler Paper have been awarded the „Made for Recycling“ seal by the environmental service provider Interzero.
Source: Koehler Paper
