Yes, due to recent advancement of barrier film and plastic barrier technology, Polynova’s preformed pouches can be used as a retail packaging solution for all kind of beverages. Our pouch bags can be used even for alcoholic drinks such and cocktails and beer.

It is not a widely known fact that plastic packaging is very well recyclable. It is collected for recycling in most of the communities across North America. Most of the time though, the plastic bags are collected separately from the rest of the residential selective waste. The collection of the plastic bags are often run by supermarkets and retail stores.

Plastic film packaging is recycled to plastic resin, which is used as raw material for reproducing plastic packaging. Most recently, a growing volume of used plastic packaging is used for manufacturing plastic lumber and composit plastic.

The shelf life our preformed food barrier pouch packaging is very long. In general, it is significantly longer than the shelf life of the food product it is used for. You should not expect any loss of the protective and preservative qualities of our food packaging as they enter the retail environment.

Our preformed barrier pouch packaging is custom configured and engineered so it is able to withstand all the physical impacts  that a traditional packaging would need to withstand, whether it is thermal impact or another physical impact such as tear, puncture, fall and compression.

According to the feedback from our customers one of the key advantages of plastic barrier packaging is that it is much stronger and less prone to damages during transportation and handling than traditional glass or tin-can packaging. Preformed barrier pouches don’t break like glass, don’t get dents and don’t loose their labels like tin-cans.

Yes, it is perfectly safe to use preformed barrier pouches for food packaging. Barrier pouch packaging is well supported by the FDA in the US and by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. There are more and more leading food processing companies in North America whose products are packaged in barrier pouches.

Plastic barrier packaging for food applications has been gradually winning market share in the food packaging industry. Barrier packaging has great environmental record and it ensures low carbon footprint for the products it is used for. The market share of preformed barrier pouches is growing only gradually; this is due to the fact that upgrading the packaging lines and switching from traditional packaging to barrier packaging requires significant capital investment from the food processors. Nevertheless, both the feedback from our clients and the reports of the market analysts confirm the economic and environmental advantages of using barrier pouch packaging.

Packaging machinery that is required for using our plastic barrier packaging is available through all the major packaging machinery suppliers. Should you need any specific information regarding the machinery you need in order to use our pouches, you are more than welcome to consult with one of our sales engineers.

Air cushion packaging is indeed a very durable, versatile and environmentally friendly packaging solution. In general, it can be used for any residential retail products, such as consumer electronics, to provide a cost effective and environmentally friendly replacement of Styrofoam type packaging.