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Raising the Bar in Plastic Food Packaging
Raising the Bar in Plastic Food Packaging.
About this update from Haydale Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 8572C\n Haydale Graphene Industries PLC\n 01 March 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nREACH\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n For immediate release\n \n \n \n \n 01 March 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Haydale Graphene Industries plc\n \n \n \n \n \n ('Haydale' or the 'Group')\n \n \n \n \n \n Raising the Bar in Plastic Food Packaging\n \n \n \n \n \n Haydale, (AIM: HAYD), the global advanced materials group, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded funding of £168,573 to develop high barrier monolayer films for food packaging by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency. \n \n \n \n \n \n Haydale Composite Solutions Ltd ('HCS'), will lead the consortium of nine companies - \n BASF, Bangor University, Cambridge Nanomaterials Technologies, Dunbia, Fre-Energy, Parkside Flexibles, Recycling Technologies, and Wells Plastics - \n to develop the next generation of high barrier films for food packaging using functionalised nanomaterials (\"HiBarFilm2 Project\"). The HiBarFilm2 Project is due to start in March 2022 and is expected to run for 30 months. It follows the success of the HiBarFilm feasibility study where functionalised nanomaterials were shown to influence barrier performance in films.\n \n \n \n \n \n While the currently used multilayer flexible films increase the shelf life of products, the biggest challenge faced to date is their recyclability. Often made up of between three and twelve layers of different plastics, they are difficult to recycle and affect the quality and value of the recycle streams. Consequently, they are commonly incinerated or end up in landfill.\n \n \n \n \n \n The HiBarFilm2 Project will exploit the impermeable properties of pure graphene and other advanced materials using Haydale's patented HDPlas® functionalisation process to either increase the hydrophobicity of the materials to improve moisture repellence or improve the interaction between the nanomaterial and host resin to promote improved cohesion and barrier performance.\n \n \n \n \n \n The funded project will focus on using HDPlas® functionalised barrier additives in two main areas: firstly, by mixing the additives directly into the plastic prior to filming, and secondly, by dispersing the additives into a...