Borealis and Borouge have launched an advanced grade of their BorPure high density polyethylene (HDPE) family, BorPure MB5568, to support the global beverage industry’s lightweighting trend for caps and closures.
According to polyolefin and chemicals specialist Borealis, BorPure MB5568 is a lightweight innovation for caps and closures for carbonated soft drinks, juices, teas and bottled water.
Based on the Borealis proprietary Borstar polyethylene (PE) technology, BorPure MB5568 is designed particularly to complement the industry’s growing adoption of lightweight, standard short-neck closures (PCO 1881).
The Borstar platform allows PE mechanical and processing properties to be tailored to match specific application needs without performance compromises, and using less material.
“Cost reduction in bottle production is a key factor in competitiveness for the beverage industry and lowering the volume of material used in caps is a focus element of that initiative,” comments Russell Tew, Borealis marketing manager, advanced packaging and fibre.
“BorPure MB5568 has been developed jointly by Borealis and Borouge to positively aid that objective by allowing converters and brand owners globally to further reduce the amount of plastic, which is contributing further to the cost-reduction initiatives taking place in the beverage industry.”
As a multimodal polymer, BorPure MB5568 has a flow equal to that of benchmark monomodal MFR 2 HDPE resin.
As for all BorPure grades, BorPure MB5568 offers “excellent” organoleptic properties and has no taste or odour influence on bottle contents – a parameter monitored to ensure consistent batch-to-batch quality.
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