4 march 2015transparent plastic cans, flexible bags to package wine and oxygen absorbers, the latest innovations in food packaginga transparent plastic can for canned food, oxygen absorbers that increase the food shelflife and bags to pack wine or oil are some of the innovations that have been lunched today in the first day of meetingpack2015, the most important international event related to food plastic packaging, that takes place the 25th and 26th of february in valencia. canned food packaged in plastic cansduring the day, the english company kortec has launched a transparent plastic can that can be used for packaging food that used to be packaged in metallic cans. they permit to keep the food shelflife up to five years. oxygen absorbing technologies in order to reduce the food wastein europe 209lb of food are wasted per person per year, five times more than in japan. one option for increasing the shelflife of sensibletooxygenaction packaged food is through the incorporation of oxygen scavengers, as mitsubishi has done, capable to remove the remaining oxygen from inside the packages, in order to avoid the oxidation reactions that damage food and increase the shelflife in a healthier way. the oxygen scavengers can be included as extern agents to the package, as labels or little bags inside.this kind of technology is really used in japan because of its oxidation prevention qualities, changes of food colour, but it is not so extended in europe. one of the advantages of oxygen scavengers is that they do not need additional industrial equipment to use these technologies. it also prevents the oxidation of oils and fat, so a better preservation of the nutritional qualities of the food is obtained. oxygen scavengers inside the packaging materialanother proposal that has been launched in the sector of oxygen scavengers, concretely for active packaging, is shelfplus o2 by albis ibérica. in this case, the oxygen scavenger substance is included in the material used for manufacturing the packages. in other words, it does not appear as an external element in the package. flexible and more resistant wine bottlesube engineering plastics has explained the latest technology in plastic packaging films. they have developed a new material with better properties of resistance, elasticity, versatility and durability that improves flexible food packaging and that has new uses, such as, for instance, the bottling of wine in flexible bottles. new high barrier polymeric materialsthe japanese company nippon gohsei has launched compostable and conventional ultra high oxygen barrier resins evoh to its application in modified atmosphere packaging. evoh is the plastic material with higher oxygen barrier and it is used in packaging applications where it is required that the oxygen not enter or leave to the packaging. it can be used in multiple formats, such as trays, bottles, bags, cups, bricks for meat, fish, pasta or coffee. besides, this multifunctional packaging has a high biodegradability and it makes easier the recycling because it is being done with bioresins. barrier coatings for packagingsunchemical has launched some different coatings sunbarco2 for food packaging which are made with barrier materials that prevent the penetration or lose of gases oxygen and water vapour, light, aromas and oudors that can damage the packaged food.these components, among other advantages, offer a lower packaging thickness, higher transparency, improve the recycling capacity, protection against uva and reduction of the energy consume. new developments in polyolefin for food packagingrepsol is working in a large variety of plastics tailormade for the consumers and with a range of properties that permit multiple uses. among their main characteristics the flexibility, mechanic resistance, low weight, stability, higher impermeability to humidity and, in some cases, they permit the sterilization.the aim is obtaining better packaging with lower thickness without changing the final packaging properties. one of the latest repsol&39s innovations has been the development of a new material that permits a reduction of 30 of the film thickness with resistance levels similar to the current ones that can be used when manufacturing all kinds of food packaging. evoh improved flexibility for new applicationseval has also launched new developments of evoh oxygen barrier plastic material par excellence with an improved flexibility and its applications to baginbox packaging for oil or juice.innovative replacement of aluminium foilthe aluminium foils have been used for years as a barrier material in the industry of flexible packaging to protect food of oxidation processes, humidity and light.metallized bopp films or metallized pet films are an alternative for foods that are less sensible to external aggression. in toray films presentation, the process that permits obtaining more flexible and resistant metallized films with an important reduction of the carbon footprint have been shown. more sustainable canned packagingedv packaging is obtaining important results in optimizing barrier packaging, especially in evoh and the use of foamed materials and their application in children food, precooked food and pickles. this technology could be extended to increase the shelflife in all kind of packaged food. technology for transforming polymeric materialsthe proposal of macro engineering company has been a new technology for individual foamed of coextruded layers. it is a technology for transforming plastic material, useful to any product which it is wanted to reduce the weight of its packaging meat trays, precooked dishes.... preventing waste generation, the more sustainable option.the european flexible packaging manufacturers&39 employers has explained that avoiding the generation of wastes is the best bet in order to obtain an efficient management of resources, above recycling. as an example of innovation of waste management, basf has launched their commercial results of its material ecovio as compostable and biodegradable capsules for coffee, what permits their disposal together with organic wastes.further informationhttpwww.meetingpack.comengindex.htmlainia press officeantonio rodríguez 34 620 601 094prensa@ainiainnovacion.eswww.ainia.esaimplas press officeelisa cones 34 649 245 399comunicacion@aimplas.eswww.aimplas.es 
