Gunze's Thin Coextruded Blown Film For Vacuum Packaging Can Cut Plastic Use By Half

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Gunze Limited, a developer and manufacturer of plastic films, engineering plastics, medical devices and apparel, has renewed its ultra-thin and tough blown film, Purewrap, specifically designed for food products requiring transportation in frozen environments.

Compatible for boiling applications, the company introduced two new types, namely FS35NB and FS40NB, in which these innovative additions retain the ultra-thin and tough characteristics that have defined the series to date, making them more convenient for use in central kitchens and other food processing facilities.

The renewed products also contribute to environmental sustainability by reducing the use of plastic by approximately 50 per cent, according to Gunze in a statement.

Purewrap is a coextruded blown film with simultaneous biaxial orientation that provides exceptional puncture resistance for contents and impact resistance for external surfaces, which is applicable for commercially prepared foods, seafood (filleted fish), meat (thighs, slices), and other processed foods.

The company’s unique raw material compounding, multilayer construction and orientation technologies have made this nylon-polyethylene film highly flexible with superior puncture resistance, ideal for refrigerated transport.

With the implementation of the "Plastic Resource Circulation Act" in Japan in April 2022, all stakeholders are now required to reduce plastic use and promote resource recycling throughout the entire lifecycle of plastic products, from design to waste disposal.

In January 2022, Gunze introduced Purewrap FS35N and FS40N, which offer more than twice the puncture strength of conventional non-oriented nylon-polyethylene 70 micrometres films while reducing plastic use by approximately 50 per cent.

Widely adopted by customers, this film type has now been renewed as a boilable type, expanding its applicability to a wider range of foods processed in central kitchens for commercial prepared foods and restaurants.

-- BERNAMA