DUPONT PACKAGING

Brand Protection and Plastic Films

Packaging of consumer goods is a US$350 billion global business, and DuPont has been a principal supplier and innovator from the start. Today, our portfolio of science-based packaging solutions ranges from films and plastics, to coatings, adhesives, non-wovens and advanced anti-counterfeiting technologies.

BRAND PROTECTION

DuPont`s latest advances in anti-counterfeiting and brand authentication include advanced photopolymer-based holography, DNA-based biomolecular marking, and nanotechnology-based color-shift films.

Holographics

Anyone with a film embosser can supply ordinary holograms that decorate.

To truly secure and authenticate, DuPont offers a next-generation approach: Izon™ optically variable devices (OVDs) based on embedded photopolymer technology.

Izon™ sets a new standard for overt security devices with full parallax, deep 3D imaging. Unlike anything else, Izon™ allows the viewer to literally look around the sides of the object in the image as if it were real, delivering instant visual verification of the authenticity of the document or product being inspected.

The 3D image can contain a variety of data and objects and also allows for ``on-demand`` 3D facial portraits for use in personal security documents. DuPont science lets you add further layers of security by incorporating various covert properties into the Izon™ products.

Izon™ products come in a variety of material constructions, including permanent or tamper-evident security labels, tamper-resistant seals and as component elements for Personal Security Documents and IDs.

Color-Spectra Film

Just like a rainbow creates a spectrum of color in an otherwise blue sky, DuPont™ Color-Spectra films take light and bend it to the needs of brand marketers interested in assuring brand authenticity.

Bi-color and tri-color shifts are engineered using deposited nanoclusters of particles on a controlled viewing plane backed by a reflective surface. Each color shift is tailored to the brand owner, and then mass produced under controlled manufacturing conditions to assure an exclusive color shift ``signature`` visible to the naked eye and measureable by machine readers.

Detected color shifts are compared with specific wavelength standards from original film production, helping brand owners authenticate their products in the field.

Bio-Molecular Markers

Because science can now synthesize short segments of DNA, DuPont can now offer powerful coding specificity to the field of brand protection.

New bio-molecular markers from identif Technology, available through DuPont, produce a customer-specific, covert protection method that is virtually impossible for others to detect or fake, and yet extremely simple and economical for the brand owner to use.

Authenticity testing takes just seconds, wherever and whenever the owner wants, using a pen-sized marker and cordless, hand-held scanner.

PLASTIC FILMS

Aseptic Packaging Systems

Flexible aseptic packaging delivers benefits throughout the value chain, from production equipment and processing advantages, to the marketing of easily customized package sizes, to reduced packaging, shipping, and storage costs.

The consumer pours easily from a pitcher, and enjoys excellent flavor and nutrition thanks to precise aseptic process. The system creates packages that are tamper evident, FDA-compliant and easy to open, use, and store.

Insulated Wraps

Super-thin DuPont™ Cool2Go™ insulated wraps help keep beverages cool longer. The wrap is smooth to the touch and easy to print, for brands that want to create a real difference for consumers.

DuPont puts materials ingenuity and package process and machinery know-how to work for a new generation of beverages.

Water Soluble Films

Innovative packaging of laundry and dishwasher detergents, chemicals and similar products can take advantage of highly specialized films made from DuPont™ Elvanol® polyvinyl alcohol.

The films dissolve in water, leaving no packaging waste.

Benefits include pre-measured dosing control for concentrated products, an easy ``toss-in`` package, and reduced waste disposal costs. Markets include laundries, food service, agriculture and home use.

Packaging Resins

DuPont packaging resins include sealants, lidding resins, blown film co-extrusion resins, extrusion coating resins and plastics for molded parts.

Lidding Resins

As a seal layer in flexible lidding and labels, Appeel® lidding sealant resins offer controllable heat-seal strengths for easy, clean peeling when used on CPET, APET, PP, polystyrene, PVC and PE rigid containers.

Appeel® resins seal over a wide temperature range, for easy processing with a variety of substrates including foil, OPP, OPET and paper.

Adhesive Resins

DuPont™ Bynel® adhesive resins are scientifically engineered to provide specific polymer-to-polymer adhesion (tie layer functionality) in coextruded multilayer films, as well as polymer or film adhesion to other surfaces or substrates in modern packaging structures.

20 Series Resins

DuPont™ 20 Series resins enjoy a specialized role in health care, cosmetic and food packaging applications. These high-quality, low-density polyethylene resins offer outstanding purity, consistency and environmental stress crack resistance, as well as design and decorating flexibility.

Uses include injection blow molded bottles, injection molded closures, and extruded tubing.

DuPont maintains pertinent information about its 20 Series resins in United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Master Files.

Acrylate Copolymer Resins

Elvaloy® AC acrylate copolymers are a recent addition to the DuPont packaging resin lineup. They can be processed easily on conventional equipment used by packaging film converters, and offer melt strength and thermal stability advantages versus other similar copolymers. This enables their use for improved soft touch or drape, without sacrificing service temperatures or processing ease.

These resins are highly compatible with LDPE, and easily bond to various polar and nonpolar substrates, enabling use in blends for controlled peel/seal adhesion, for example.

Elvaloy® AC resins also can be used to boost the physical performance of other materials, such as adding low temperature toughness to CPET trays or improving the formability or handling characteristics of films or sheet materials.

Acid Copolymer Resins

Nucrel® acid copolymer resins provide excellent adhesion to aluminum foil, nylon, paper, and other polar substrates. As a seal layer in laminated and coextruded structures, Nucrel® resists delamination and seal failure even in harsh environments. It has excellent hot tack strength, low seal initiation temperature and good toughness.

Nylon Barrier Resins

Selar® PA amorphous nylon barrier resins provide unique oxygen barrier properties when wet or chilled, making the resins a perfect choice for flavor-sensitive refrigerated foods and beverages.

In bottles, jars and other rigid structures, Selar® PA offers the crystal clarity of glass, but with lower weight and better impact resistance. Selar® PA can be blended with nylon 6 and with EVOH to provide certain property and processing advantages.

Plastic Packaging Applications

APPLICATION

From pouches and seals to lidding that peels, from bottles and caps to films and wraps ... consumer brands turn to DuPont packaging solutions for freshness and protection.

Cosmetics, Perfume and Personal Care

DuPont helps you with both the art and the science of great packaging for products people choose for more than just convenience. We offer a collaborative, total solution approach, from design concept to finished packaging. We can work with your team or your preferred suppliers, or with leading designers and other partners from our own network.

Food & Beverage

We call it ``The Science of Fresh`` ... packaging solutions that help protect flavor and product quality. That help food and beverage brand owners find better ways to win and keep loyal customers. Explore examples below, and let DuPont help you with your own fresh ideas.

• Beverage: From tops to bottoms, inside and out, DuPont packaging solutions help quench consumer thirst for good taste and product convenience.
• Dairy and Cheese: From films that breathe right, to lids and seals that hold tight, DuPont packaging solutions keep on working `till the cows come home.
• Dry Foods and Snacks: Dip into the world of snacks and dry foods and you will discover some of the more innovative ways marketers grab consumer attention and earn brand loyalty.
• Meats and Seafood: DuPont sealant resins and other innovations make it possible for meat producers to adopt efficient central packing, for wider product distribution with less leaky mess.
• Produce and Ready Meals: Look in today`s produce section and you will see handy precut veggies and portion packs that help busy families enjoy freshness, wholesome food in less time than ever.

Medical & Pharmaceutical

DuPont packaging solutions for health care draw from a proven record of science-based innovations, helping people at home, at care-giving locations, and all along the marketing and distribution chain in a growingly complex world.

• Medical Packaging: Films and sealant resins, microbial barriers, and a deep tradition of science-based innovations, backed by 6-sigma quality programs that help get it right, time after time. DuPont brings something different to the world of medical device and medical supplies packaging: the kind of innovation that`s no surprise.
• Pharmaceuticals: From blister packs to plastic vials, from prescription drugs to over-the-counter remedies, from simple pain relief to life-sustaining therapies, DuPont science is part of the package. Sealing, protecting efficacy, providing tamper-evidence and helping assure product authenticity.

Retail / Non-food

DuPont packaging solutions for retailers including skin packaging for less weight and less plastics consumption versus blisters or clamshells in visual carded displays.

• Packaging with the right touch: Soft, clear film lets consumers see and feel the comfort they`ll get when purchasing foot care products from Dr. Scholl`s.
• Seeing it often sells it: At Sears, sparkling clear film of Surlyn® fits like a second skin, helping boost purchase of Craftsman hardware items.
• ``Stretchpak`` shows both sides now: Tough, super clear ``Stretchpak`` made with films of Surlyn® help consumers see the complete product, front and back.
• Parts Protection plus Inspection: When you plan to do-it-yourself, it`s great seeing that all the parts are there, protected from rattling around or getting damaged.