FlexTech Packaging Introduces
Stretching for Green

Utilizing unique Machine Direction Orientation capability to provide valid sustainability packaging opportunities for source reduction and packaging cost savings.

What are the benefits of stretching with MDO technology?

• Down gauging while maintaining film properties
• Maintain and enhance barrier properties
• Increased stiffness
• Improved dead fold properties
• Improved puncture resistance

What are the Sustainability benefits of MDO Films?

• Source reduction for less mass
• Comparable or enhanced performance
• Ability to encapsulated recycled materials
• Potential cost savings based on higher film yield.

Contact FlexTech Packaging for a review of potential sustainable Stretching for Green benefits you can achieve!

Sustainable Packaging:

• Is beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals & communities throughout its life cycle
• Meets market criteria for performance and cost
• Is sourced, manufactured, transported and recycled using renewable energy
• Maximizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials
• Is manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices
• Is made form materials healthy in all probable end of life scenarios
• Is physically designed to optimize materials and energy
• Is effectively recovered and utilized in biological and/or industrial cradle to cradle cycles

The criteria presented here blend broad sustainability objectives with business considerations and strategies that address the environmental concerns related to the life cycle of packaging.

A key strategy for improving the sustainability of packaging is maximizing the use of renewable and recycled materials.

Ensuring all ingredients are safe for human and environmental health throughout their life cycles is a vital aspect of sustainable packaging design.