Films and Packaging Applications
SEKISUI Selvol™ polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH/PVA) resins play a key role in high-performance, sustainable films and packaging. They offer barrier properties and process flexibility across industries.
Benefits of Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol in Films and Packaging Applications
Selvol PVOH and Ultiloc resins offer unique, valuable attributes for versatile barrier systems:
- Possible water solubility
- Possible biodegradability and compostability
- Oxygen and other gas and odor barrier properties
- Solvent, oil and grease resistance
- Inherently antistatic properties
- Innocuous and environmentally friendly properties
Ultiloc: Distinct Benefits for Flexible Film Systems
Selvol Ultiloc barrier resins have verified gas barrier performance with higher adhesion properties. This makes them an excellent fit for a variety of flexible films and packaging applications. For example, Selvol Ultiloc barrier resins offer these specific benefits:
- Thinner films with lower gauge weights
- Potential for fewer layers in laminate structures, without adhesive tie layers
- Better film clarity
- Potential replacement of other barrier technologies
Next-Generation Products With Ultiloc 5003
One standout product in our portfolio, Selvol Ultiloc 5003, delivers exceptional performance for PVOH films in flexible packaging applications.
Selvol Ultiloc 5003 offers these characteristics:
- Superior oxygen transmission rate (OTR)
- Zero chlorine
- Higher reactivity for greater crosslinking characteristics to improve moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR)
- Excellent adhesion and the ability to be coated directly onto corona-treated BOPP and BOPET
- This indicates adhesive tie layers are unnecessary, and it produces thinner, simpler laminate films.
- Ultra-clear coating production
- Heat-sealable attributes
These qualities make it an excellent choice for barrier applications.
Explore PVOH Solutions for Packaging, Film and Other Barrier Applications
Contact SEKISUI for more information about our PVOH grades, or request samples.
