Kuraray, the globally active specialty chemicals company headquartered in Japan, will be exhibiting at Pharmapack in Paris from February 1-2, 2023. The Kuraray subsidiary Eval Europe will showcase a durable, high-performance Eval ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resins that can help improve medical and pharmaceutical packaging. Visitors can find out how the company can support them to protect their APIs and get a glance at Eval's enhanced pharmaceutical packaging performance. In addition, they will get an impression of how Eval can serve as a barrier to protect the medical or pharmaceutical products from contamination. Furthermore, Kuraray will show how it is paving the way to a more sustainable future in recyclable multilayer structures.
As a part of Paper & Packaging segment of of Kuraray, this new plastic is particularly relevant for the medical and pharmaceutical packaging, as it has better gas barrier properties than conventional polymers. As such, it helps to protect products from external contaminants, ensuring that they remain effective for a defined minimum period of time by preventing oxidation and avoiding leakages of important ingredients. At Kuraray's booth, packaging engineers and manufacturers can learn how this innovative plastic can help them in three ways:
Eval Europe is the first EVOH copolymer producer to receive a corresponding ISCC-Plus certificate for the bio-circular ethylene monomer in its supply chain. ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) is a leading global certification system that covers all sustainable raw materials, including agricultural and forestry biomass, biogenic waste, recycled materials, and renewable energy. ISCC-Plus Renewable Resource certification supports the use of bio and circular feedstocks, also accepting the mass balance approach.
In addition to Eval EVOH resin, Kuraray also offers monolayer film which provides ultra high barrier performance from biaxially oriented and even metalized EVOH. It can be laminated with a protective outer substrate to make a barrier sealant packaging film. Eval provides the functional barrier against gas and chemical permeation, and at the same time offers excellent anti-scalping and chemical resistance properties as the inner contact layer. Eval monolayer film for lamination is also suitable for heat sealing and can resist flavor absorption. It can be typically used in transdermal patch packaging.