A new lidding solution from DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is said to provide an easy and effective way to make peelable lids for retortable polypropylene (PP) packages.

A new lidding solution from DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is said to provide an easy and effective way to make peelable lids for retortable polypropylene (PP) packages. DuPont’s Appeel 22D843 lidding sealant resin is pellet-blended with a polypropylene sealant resin and then processed to make a lidding structure or sealant layer in conventional extrusion or coextrusion equipment designed for polyolefin resins.

“The new Appeel grade gives converters an easy way to tailor peel force and achieve consistent sealing and peeling performance with a preformulated masterbatch,” said Terry Kendig, a senior technical development specialist with DuPont. DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers

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