StreamOne R from PAXXUS Wins Several Awards

StreamOne R Retortable Recycle-Ready Polyester from PAXXUS has been recognized in the Flexible Packaging Association’s annual competition with several awards: a gold award in sustainability, a gold award in technical innovation, and a silver award in packaging excellence. “Receiving multiple FPA awards for StreamOne R is the ultimate validation of PAXXUS’s long-term commitment toward developing leading edge technology for the evolving circular economy,” Dwane Hahn, vice president of sales and marketing for PAXXUS, told MD+DI. Originally designed for a food application that required ultra-high barriers to maintain taste quality and shelf-life requirements, StreamOne R is also proposed for use in medical kits and drug-delivery systems. The all-polyester StreamOne R was developed for applications requiring retort or autoclave sterilization. In its submission to FPA, PAXXUS explained that singe-stream options have been limited for high-barrier packaging that must undergo high-temperature processing. “Historically, a polypropylene paired with a high-barrier oriented polypropylene (oPP) has been the only choice. Unfortunately, the barrier offered by high-barrier oPP is significantly degraded upon retort or autoclave sterilization,” according to the company. PAXXUS explained that StreamOne R is the first all-polyester packaging solution that provides an ultra-high ...
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