{"id":5733,"date":"2025-03-06T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:54:00","slug":"borealis-expands-thermoforming-portfolio-with-hc609tf-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=5733","title":{"rendered":"Borealis expands thermoforming portfolio with HC609TF solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"article-image__container\">\n                                    <picture><source media=\"(min-width: 990px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Pack-3-boralis--770x433.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 430px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/03\/Pack-3-boralis--940x528.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <\/picture><figcaption class=\"c-featured-image__description\">The solution enables up to 10% faster cycle times. Credit: Borealis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"drop-cap\">Austrian sustainable polyolefin (PO) solutions provider Borealis has expanded its thermoforming portfolio with the launch of the HC609TF solution for modern packaging applications.<\/p>\n<p>The company noted that the high-stiffness homopolymer offers high levels of transparency and processability, making it a suitable choice for packaging solutions that seek performance, efficiency, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of HC609TF aligns with Borealis\u2019 commitment to support a circular economy and reinvent essentials for sustainable living.<\/p>\n<p>Thermoforming is a widely used manufacturing process for creating strong and lightweight packaging, especially for food, beverages, and other consumer goods.<\/p>\n<p>The process involves heating a plastic sheet until it becomes pliable, then shaping it over a mould.<\/p>\n<p>This methodology is valued for its ability to deliver high-quality results across various applications.<\/p>\n<p>Borealis highlighted that its HC609TF solution is designed to meet the needs of a range of thermoformed applications such as trays, cups, and containers.<\/p>\n<p>The high processability of HC609TF is claimed to support efficient manufacturing, enabling up to 10% faster cycle times.<\/p>\n<p>Borealis noted that the solution is fully recyclable through both mechanical and chemical methods, and it is suitable for creating reusable packaging structures, helping to reduce consumption and waste.<\/p>\n<p>Borealis, which has its head office in Vienna, provides advanced and sustainable PO solutions. The company employs approximately 6,000 people with customers in more than 120 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In March last year, Borealis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/borealis-borcycle-fda-packaging\/\" target=\"_blank\">received two letters of no objection<\/a> from the US Food and Drug Administration, authorising the use of specific grades of its Borcycle M post-consumer recycled plastics in food-grade packaging.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Newsletter banner start --><\/p>\n<p><!-- <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\"> --><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<section class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__container\">\n<div class=\"grid-x gdm-newsletter-banner__wrapper-container gdm-newsletter-banner__wrapper-container--article\">\n<div class=\"cell large-9 gdm-newsletter-banner-info__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner-logo__container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/newsletter-new.svg\" alt=\"Email newsletter icon\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__heading wp-noreslt\">Sign up for our daily news round-up!<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"gdm-newsletter-banner__sub-heading\">Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Newsletter banner end --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n                                <!-- article-actions start --><\/p>\n<p><!-- .gdm-article-actions -->                                <!-- article-actions end --><br \/>\n                            <\/footer>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/borealis-expands-thermoforming-portfolio\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The solution enables up to 10% faster cycle times. Credit: Borealis. Austrian sustainable polyolefin (PO) solutions provider Borealis has expanded its thermoforming portfolio with the launch of the HC609TF solution for modern packaging applications. The company noted that the high-stiffness homopolymer offers high levels of transparency and processability, making it a suitable choice for packaging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-5733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-packaging-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}