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PACKLIFE – PP
New Development
VERY LOW-DENSITY POLYPROPYLENE
REUSABLE AS REFRIGERATED FOOD PACKAGING
This project emerges in response to the increasing demand for sustainable refrigerated food packaging in the global market, given the negative environmental impact of traditional packaging. The objective is to identify a material that integrates mechanical, thermal, and physical properties suitable for food packaging. This material should reduce the environmental impact while upholding product quality, ultimately replacing the use of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS).
PACKLIFE – PP is an innovative solution of very low-density polypropylene with melt strength and expandability: a new material that will offer the mechanical strength needed for refrigerated food packaging, while reducing its environmental impact by being lighter and recyclable.
Polypropylene pellet density: 900 g/l
Very low density expanded polypropylene: 15 g/l
PACKLIFE – PP
Rrepresents a groundbreaking approach in the field of plastic materials for food packaging, providing a solution that meets both environmental concerns and quality and safety requirements.
PETROQUIM’S extensive experience and technical capabilities, as well as its efficient commercial strategy, not only enhances the quality of refrigerated food packaging, contributing to environmental protection, but also fosters sustainable development within the plastics industry in Chile and internationally.
PACKLIFE – PP
This project symbolized PETROQUIM’s capacity for Innovation and Development.
On March 26, 2024, the CORFO Research, Development, and Business Innovation Subcommittee approved co-financing for the project titled “DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW VERY LOW-DENSITY REUSABLE POLYPROPYLENE-BASED MATERIAL FOR REFRIGERATED FOOD PACKAGING” (code 24CVIS-255935). This project represents a significant advancement in sustainable and reusable solutions for refrigerated food packaging, with notable innovation and positive environmental impact.
Obtaining this subsidy, with a total amount of $156,212,000 and of which an amount of $116,712,000 has been received on July 5, 2024, by InnovaChile through CORFO’s Crea y Valida con Foco en Sostenibilidad Program reflects PETROQUIM’s ongoing dedication to innovation and process optimization to create increasingly environmentally friendly products.