Holland Colours launches Holcopearl 2287 for new PET packaging materials coloring

With Holcopearl 2287, Holland Colours has launched a brand new product for coloring of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging materials.

"The idea to develop Holcopearl came from customer feedback and the trends we see in the industry and among our customers and their customers," said Wilfried Grob, Sales & Marketing Manager Europe at Holland Colours.

Among these trends are the moves to higher production speeds, deeper colors, more sensitive dosage settings, and the switch to spherical PET granules instead of cylindrical ones. Plants today are also increasingly automated and are focused on high efficiency, according to the company.

Holcopearl has been developed with the Holland Colours' Product Stewardship Program behind it. In addition to compliance with European and US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, the product is also being run on new product developments.

The Holcopearl 2287 has a higher melting point and can be used with all dosing equipment. The granules are round – hence the word "pearl" in the name.