AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings has launched Accelstyle 100, a water-based gloss overprint varnish (OPV), and Accelstyle 200, a water-based matte OPV to provide can makers and brand owners with outer coatings for conventional two-piece aluminum beer and beverage cans that are free of bisphenol, styrene and PFAS.
Accelstyle 100 has undergone several successful full-scale tests and qualification processes with leading European can makers. This product is part of AkzoNobel’s new Accelstyle range, designed for the exterior of conventional two-piece aluminum cans. These products are free of bisphenols, styrene and PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances).
Accelstyle 100 can be easily integrated into existing production processes. This allows can makers to move to coatings free of certain important materials of concern, while remaining as commercially viable as possible.
Another advantage is a lower carbon footprint: The bisphenol-free products that AkzoNobel has developed have a lower carbon footprint compared to those they previously supplied. For example, the carbon footprint of the can interior products they will manufacture at the new facility will be 26% lower than their previous offerings, which were epoxy-based.
In addition, bisphenol-free metal packaging is not only circular, but also meets consumer expectations for more sustainable packaging. Accelstyle 100 (a water-based glossy overprint varnish) has already gone through multiple successful large-scale tests and qualification processes with leading European can makers.
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