MuCell® Extrusion Technology Brings 40% Weight Savings to Nordenia’s Award-Winning Nor®Cell Thin-Blown Foil Packaging

MuCell Extrusion LLC announced today that its work with Nordenia Technologies GmbH (now part of the Mondi Group) to apply the MuCell process to Nordenia’s new Nor®Cell thin-blown film packaging was recognized on September 24th with Nordenia receiving an award from the German Packaging Institute, during a ceremony held on the eve of the FachPack Trade Fair in Nuremberg, Germany.

Mark Lindenfelzer, President of MuCell Extrusion LLC said, “Nordenia is the latest example of how we can deliver a full turnkey package of innovative technology, application expertise and complete intellectual property rights to packaging suppliers around the world to bring their newest and most inovative packaging designs to market.
“In this application, MuCell technology allowed the weight of Nor®Cell flexible packaging to be significantly reduced without any change to the thickness and overall stiffness of the compound,” said Lindenfelzer. “Nor®Cell 'lightweight foils' weigh up to 40% less than traditional foils, and that’s the kind of impact MuCell technology can bring to highly competitive and innovative markets like flexible packaging.”

According to Nordenia, the surfaces of the Nor®Cell foils also enable unique foil haptics and can also be applicable over a wide range, from textile-like "soft touch" structures to high-quality, smooth, directly printable surfaces, Nor®Cell foils are suitable for all areas in foodstuffs, pet foods and hygiene products.
MuCell technology is based on the direct injection of atmospheric gas (N₂ or CO₂) in its supercritical state. Injection during the supercritical state allows for a single-phase gas/polymer solution. Microcellular structure and controlled product density is achieved by the accurate control of gas concentration in combination with the proper release of extrusion pressure. MuCell has applied this technology to most plastic materials and processes. Polyolefins, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), urethanes, polystyrene (PS), fluoropolymers, and many copolymers have been used extensively with MuCell technology. Rigid sheet, low-density flexible sheet, film, pipe/tubing, and blow molding manufacturing processes are also compatible with MuCell technology. MuCell Extrusion LLC’s innovative and accessible technology brings significant material weight-savings and cost reduction opportunities, without compromising physical product performance to a broad range of applications within the plastics manufacturing industry.
MuCell Extrusion LLC licenses technology for your own unique application and provides complete support until your product is developed and in production. From Intellectual Property rights to process development, MuCell offers support through every step. Our team will work with you through the engineering and design phases to ensure that your screw, barrel, gas injector, or die is working flawlessly.

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