Dow and Nordmeccanica to collaborate on flexible packaging technology

To further accelerate the development of packaging innovation, Dow Chemical is to collaborate with Italian coating, laminating and metallising machinery maker Nordmeccanica.

Both companies see enormous potential to advance solutions for the flexible packaging industry by combining adhesive development with machine pioneering that target new technologies for faster commercialisation to market.

New developments can be expected from the joint collaboration with Dow and Nordmeccanica through Dow’s Pack Studios in Mozzate, Italy. Customised to address the needs of Dow’s adhesives customers, this innovation and technology training centre offers a large collaboration space and hosts an industry-scale Nordmeccanica Super Combi 3000 laminator line for customers to test, prototype and bring forward innovation in packaging lamination without interrupting their own commercial production. The collaboration agreement between Dow and Nordmeccanica will also enable similar capabilities at additional Pack Studios across the globe.

Pack Studios provide customers an opportunity to leverage Dow’s expertise, broad product portfolio, and product and application testing capabilities to accelerate the development of innovative solutions across the value chain - including resins, lamination, packaging design, converting, and prototyping. Aiming at faster commercialisation of new adhesive solutions, the companies are working on joint projects in order to bring several new technologies to market in 2016.