PPG announces PPG Innovel PRO technology

PPG announces PPG Innovel PRO technology, an enhancement to its bisphenol-free beverage can liner
Improved internal spraying increases aluminum can production efficiency

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 – PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced PPG INNOVEL® PRO, an improved internal spray coating that uses no bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol starting substances and provides more robust application properties for the infinitely recyclable aluminum beverage can.

PPG Innovel PRO is a new generation, high performance acrylic coating that builds on PPG Innovel’s nearly 10 years as the most widely used BPA-free beverage spraying inner liner on the market. The company estimates that PPG Innovel coatings have been used in more than 220 billion cans in more than 40 countries to date.

PPG’s Innovel PRO coating meets all global food contact standards for consumer safety, and its enhanced application properties provide operational benefits for can plants around the world.

“The growing and dynamic beverage can industry requires solutions that meet all global regulations to eliminate bisphenols from food contact coatings while ensuring maximum can line production speed and minimal spoilage,” said Amy Ericson, senior vice president, PPG
Coatings for containers. “PPG’s Innovel PRO coating is a future-proof solution that does not rely on BPA or any other bisphenol starting substances, while protecting the integrity of both cans and beverages.”

Validated with PPG’s SAFEASSURE™ protocol for the development of safe food contact coatings, PPG’s Innovel PRO coating reliably supports the ever-expanding range of filling products that beverage brands want to can. It features a lower migration profile than standard epoxy and epoxy-mimicking coatings, and all PPG Innovel internal spray coatings have achieved Platinum CRADLE-TO-CRADLE® material health certification from the Cradle-to-Cradle Product Innovation Institute.

“Innovation goes beyond the product itself,” Ericson said. “PPG offers customers a resilient supply chain with manufacturing centers around the world. The new coating is also supported by industry-leading technical and regulatory support teams that provide on-site expertise to keep customers’ operations running smoothly. PPG’s Innovel PRO coating is a major step forward for the industry, enabling leading beverage brands to more efficiently deliver safer, more sustainable metal-packaged beverages that today’s consumers can feel good about.”

For more information on PPG Innovel coatings, visit www.packagingcoatings.com/en-US/innovel-pro.

Cutting line: PPG’s INNOVEL® PRO coating is an improved internal spray coating that does not use bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol starting substances, while offering more robust application properties for aluminum beverage cans.