Ahlstrom promotes plastic-free packaging by offering innovative paper tape solutions

Ahlstrom is extending its product range of pressure-sensitive adhesive packaging tape applications. MasterTape® Pack supplements the fiber-based product offering supporting megatrends like e-commerce and the global need for more sustainable packaging solutions.

There are approximately 30 billion square meters of packaging tape worldwide, and the numbers are growing with the expansion of e-commerce. The market is currently dominated by plastic tape, constituting 80% of all packaging tape. However, there exists a more sustainable alternative in the form of paper tape, which paves the way for a plastic-free future for packaging. Ahlstrom is a key player in the packaging tape industry and has excellent know-how in fiber-based solutions. By providing fiber-based tape backing solutions for water-activated and pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes, Ahlstrom helps its customers become more sustainable.

Ahlstrom’s MasterTape® WAT and MasterTape® Pack offer a high-quality product range for packaging tape applications. They address the need for high-quality performance packaging tape backings while providing customers with a sustainability-driven tape solution that protects and secures packages with the utmost care.
more at: https://www.ahlstrom.com/Media/releases/press-releases2/2023/ahlstrom-promotes-plastic-free-packaging-by-offering-innovative-paper-tape-solutions/

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