Move From Multi-web?

Plastic film vendors are not the only ones affected by trends in the packaging substrate market. Others are rushing to cash in on current industry needs.

"Industry experts consider high-performance barrier levels as the future in food packaging," adds Helmut Frankenberger, general manager of the large area display division at Balzers Process Systems (BPS), a German-based provider of metallizing systems for packaging materials. BPS recently released its TOPNET 4000 product, a coating system designed for use on all types of flexible packaging. It operates by using high throughput evaporation technology for aluminum coatings on plastic films and paper, Frankenberger explains. The TOPNET system was developed in just eight months to meet the growing demand for producing multi-web packages.