RHOBARR™ Coatings Revolutionize Sustainable Packaging with Superior Barrier Technology

Dow\'s RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings provide eco-friendly, recyclable, and high-performance solutions for fiber-based packaging, including food and non-food products. Designed for sustainability, they offer advanced protection against oils, water, and oxygen while ensuring high recyclability.

Author: Vidyesh Swar Published Date: 14 October 2025
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RHOBARR™ Coatings Pave the Way for Greener, Smarter Packaging

The packaging business faces growing pressure to adopt more circular strategies that align with narrowing packaging guidelines, without compromising performance. The newest edition of the Spotlight observes Dow describe how its liquid RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings provide superior barrier properties while meeting challenging recycling edges. RHOBARR™ Barrier Technology can be applied using an extensively used paper coating apparatus, making it appealing to mills, convertors, and brand proprietors who are looking to transition to more sustainable packaging.

RHOBARR™ Barrier Technology provides solutions custom-made to a variability of requirements, whether you’re observing improved recyclability for fiber-based on-shelf packing, ultra-thin coverings for quick-serve food requests, or easy-to-recycle choices for non-food consumer products.

RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings allow several types of fiber-based retail and on-shelf packaging. For these packing types, RHOBARR™ Technology provides structures such as heat sealability in combination with an enhanced barrier against oxygen, mineral oil, oil & grease, water, and vapor. Such blends of RHOBARR™ Barrier Coating functionalities still permit high recycling yields, provided these coatings function properly.

Coating Solutions for Food Packaging

RHOBARR™ Technology offers cost-effective, custom-made barrier presentations and promotes highly recyclable food-service packaging, appealing to sustainability-oriented customers.

Dow provides barrier coatings to endure a wide diversity of foodstuffs offered in the quick-serve food industry, comprising:

  • Frozen, chilled, and hot substances
  • A broad range of greases and oils
  • Mineral oils

Paper Coating Options for Non-food Consumer Goods

RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings allow customers to package goods sustainably and attractively, without sacrificing creation protection and packing performance. These coatings protect customer products during transportation, storage, and delivery, while preserving the essential recyclability and natural appeal of paper.

Key Benefits of RHOBARR™ Barrier Technology

RHOBARR™ Barrier Technologies provide a wide range of advantages that are highly appropriate for several types of fiber-based packaging:

  • Highly Circular Packaging: Packaging with RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings effectively passed repulping tests of numerous renowned organizations. RHOBARR™ Technology consequently allows highly recyclable and high-performance fiber-based packing. Its potential to reduce coat weight can help fulfill needs under the PPWR guideline.
  • Coating Versatility: RHOBARR™ Technology offers barrier- and heat-sealing functionality. Different RHOBARR™ Barrier Coating goods can be united to yield packaging that provides multi-functional presentation. This flexibility makes them an excellent choice for generating a wide variety of packaging types.

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