The use of film lamination as a means of coating metal cans offers many benefits, as it does in other sectors of the packaging industry. Plastic films are said to provide better performance than liquid-applied coatings, less environmental impact in the canmaking process, minimal migration into products and even advantages in recycling. Yet in the…

A clearer view
Film-laminated substrates are increasingly being regarded as a means of reducing the environmental impact of and energy consumption in canmaking operations. We asked an expert from leading film supplier Toray about its penetration into metal packaging