Klöckner Pentaplast launches 100% PCR content packaging films

The Pentaform SmartCycle film product line has been extended to include films consisting of 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, Germany-based Klöckner Pentaplast announced recently.

Through its own bottle recycling facility, Klöckner Pentaplast has recovered over 11.6 billion plastic bottles to transform potential waste into its SmartCycle packaging films. Unlike standard PCR films available in the market today which combine PCR content and virgin resin, Pentaform SmartCycle TH-ES100 films are made from 100% PCR from beverage bottles.

The SmartCycle logo can be included on the plastic containers using this film for consumers' recognition. The packaging solutions supplier says SmartCycle can be engineered for thermoform, food, and box packaging applications with guaranteed PCR content range of 25-100%. As for heat-seal applications, PCR content can be 25% and 50%. RF-seal is offered with 35% PCR formulations.

"Pentaform SmartCycle 100% post-consumer-recycled content films were developed to help meet customers' sustainable packaging goals," notes Peter Gianniny, Klöckner Pentaplast's Thermoforming Packaging Films Business Manager for the Americas. "The expansion of our Pentaform SmartCycle thermoform packaging film range to include these unique films continues to provide our customers with the broadest selection of high-performance films available in the global marketplace today."