Borealis Launches Borstar Nextension PE Technology to Boost Recycling in Packaging

Borealis Unveils New PE Technology to Advance Design for Recycling

Borealis, a leader and provider of innovative solutions, has unveiled its newest Borstar Nextension polyethylene (PE) platform, designed to deliver the highest strength, enhanced processability, and exceptional end-to-end performance for packaging solutions that facilitate design for recycling and improve cost efficiency. The company claims that this new technology will pave the way for mono-material solutions that replace existing multi-material products, making them recyclable and seamless to sort across the packaging production line. This will contribute to the waste and recycling reduction project outlined in the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

Borealis’ initiative has unlocked new approaches and opportunities for many in the packaging industry to accelerate their quality performance and presence in the global packaging market. This innovation and technology have worked wonders; the company has just discovered an appreciative solution with the same.

Borealis announced its Borstar Nextension PE technology featuring two strong performance development materials. The first solution promises ‘double the toughness’ of initial metallocene PE materials, balancing brilliance and stiffness with processability that involves increased throughput and greater bubble stability. It also commits access to a full recyclable packaging option suitable for form, fill, and seal (FFS) and deep-freeze (frozen) food packaging.

The second solution features a sealing profile that notably controls the sealing efforts' temperature by more than 15% compared to the first-generation metallocene PE. The solution is integrated with the material’s mechanical properties to enable a rapid packaging process and achieve a high hot tack performance suitable for FFS, food packaging, and lamination.

The company has recently introduced its new compounding line for polyolefins derived from recycling. These polyolefins are actively operational, enabling customers to test the usage of recycled plastics in their operational space. The line is engineered to process a vast range of recycled flakes and qualify the required standards in the appliances, energy, mobility, and consumer products areas.

NOVA Chemicals’ polyethylene (PE) resins have the potential to strengthen Borealis’s commitment to creating a sustainable space for recycling through PE technology. The PE resins are complementary to the established fluoropolymer PPA technology, which enables manufacturers to achieve the highest level of global regulatory compliance standards with reduced production escalation. This is yet another NOVA’s revitalizing touch to the packaging material solution, which will help Borealis and other leading innovators perform and promote the tech-packaging solution with intensity, confidence, and accuracy.