New product family of functionalised Calcium Carbonates for PET applications
Omya International AG announced the launch of OmyaPET, a new product family of functionalised Calcium Carbonates for PET applications. The market introduction will begin in Europe and will be step-wise enlarged to other Regions.
OmyaPET is a marketed as a new and cost-effective opacifier for the production of white opaque PET bottles or white opaque BOPET film, ensuring a lower environmental footprint in e.g. UHT milk bottles. OmyaPET is claimed to improve the production costs for bottles without compromising on mechanical and optical properties.
The news product family meets EU 10/2011 food contact requirements and is made from highly selected products certified by Bureau Veritas as 100% recycled material.
