AkzoNobel aims to help metal packaging industry secure a more sustainable future

AkzoNobel has developed a range of metal packaging coatings for food can manufacturers which is free of bisphenols (BPXni*) and PVC.

The Securshield^TM 500 series of easy open end coatings is designed to help can makers and their customers meet current and future regulatory requirements with an offer that’s more sustainable and provides  improved performance compared with today’s organosol-based alternatives.

These new products are being made available at a challenging time for coil coaters, can makers and their customers. The European Commission continues to phase out the use of bisphenols, while the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), NGOs and retailers are increasingly concerned about plastics being used in food packaging.

A benefit for coil coaters is the way it integrates into their existing manufacturing processes, allowing them to use a single technology to meet the varying needs of food can manufacturers. Meanwhile, can makers are able to take advantage of the flexibility and working capital benefits of having a single product suitable for a wide variety of metal food packs.

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“The Securshield 500 series is the latest example of how we’re working with manufacturers to develop meaningful solutions for real-life challenges,” explains Chris Bradford, Marketing Director for AkzoNobel’s Industrial Coatings business.

“We’ve already committed to a future without the use of bisphenols to protect metal packaging. The new product range was developed in response to changing legislation and the European food packaging industry’s eagerness to transition to more sustainable alternatives.”

The launch of the Securshield 500 series follows on from the recent introduction of AkzoNobel’s Accelshield^TM 700 – a styrene-free and BPXni beverage end internal coating – and the Accelstyle^TM100 and 200 overprint varnishes for two-piece aluminium beverage cans, which are free of bisphenols, styrene and PFAS.

Continues Bradford: “Our growing family of next generation technologies is providing the metal can and beverage packaging industry with viable and safe alternatives for even the most challenging foods and liquids, that comply with the current and future Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and EU regulations.

“Our ambition is the design and introduction of products to meet the demanding needs of the metal packaging industry with long-term regulatory and sustainability compliance.”

Note from AkzoNobel: *The BPXni designation indicates that bisphenol or bisphenol compounds were not intentionally added to, or used, in the manufacture of the product.