Toppan Printing develops paper-based barrier material for packaging- first paper-based product in Toppan Printing’s GL BARRIER series developed for use throughout the world in packaging for the food and toiletries industries.
GL BARRIER is a range of barrier products from Toppan Printing Co., Ltd, including transparent barrier films that enjoy a leading share of the global market.
Toppan Printing has now developed a new product in the GL BARRIER range that is made of paper material and has barrier properties. This is the first paper-based product in the GL BARRIER series. Sample shipments for the food and toiletries industries in Japan and overseas will begin in spring 2018.
This new product is a paper-based barrier material for packaging that has been developed in collaboration with Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. by combining Nippon Paper’s SHIELDPLUS®, a new material boasting the highest level barrier performance for paper in Japan, with a new converting technology developed based on expertise accumulated over the years by Toppan Printing.
