Metalized Flexible Packaging Market Trends

Metalized Flexible Packaging Market Trends

The rising concerns about the packaging of the products show that there is an increasing demand for new design and development of the packaged products, ensuring safety during their shelf-life cycle. Organizations are working on and developing new materials to provide a flexible packaging option for addressing the customers’ needs and aesthetic appearance as well. They are looking for materials that are easier to recycle in comparison to other multi-layer films. The mono materials structure or the homogeneity helps in simplifying the process of recycling and making it environment friendly.
 

For instance, in January 2024, Saica Flex, Saica Group’s division for flexible packaging, successfully developed a new mono-material, metalized structure. This cutting-edge development was designed to cater to a wide variety of products. Saica Group's flexible packaging division has successfully developed a new metallized MonoPE triplex structure; a mono-material pack, with a premium metallized appearance, high barrier, versatile, and adapted to customer needs.
 

There is a rising shift toward circular economy wherein the products used for making packages are reused and recycled easily. Ecofriendly packages are gaining momentum, serving the purpose of keeping the items safe and reducing the burden on environment. Developing materials to withstand heat and other related factors in order to improve the shelf life of the concerned product is the current requirement of various food and non-food sectors. For instance, in June 2024, Parkside Flexibles announced the expansion of the existing portfolio of sustainable flexible packaging options with the introduction of a new recyclable metalized barrier paper solution. The new paper range offers enhanced printability, heat resistivity, and barrier performance from moisture, light, and oxygen, which can spoil the products.