LLDPE Packaging broadens successful uses for Addivant’s Weston 705 Antioxidant – LLDPE Packaging Addivant Antioxidant - Arhive

A new generation of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) packaging based on Addivant’s nonylphenol-free stabiliser Weston 705 has been rolled out to food packaging consumers in Europe, America and Asia.LLDPE Packaging Addivant Antioxidant

Jonathan Hill, Chief Technology Officer for Addivant, said: “Due to its high phosphorous content, Weston 705 reduces the use of antioxidants by up to 20 per cent, allowing for more flexibility in formulations and recycling.LLDPE Packaging Addivant Antioxidant

“Polyethylene resins based on Weston 705 are easier to process, more versatile, and create less plateout or gels than resins based on conventional solid phosphite antioxidant.”

Weston 705 has been approved globally by more than 20 major polymer manufacturers. It is the only liquid antioxidant for polyethylene producers offering a broadly tested single-additive solution for global converters and packaging manufacturers.

The growing commercial success of Weston 705 in food packaging is aided by regulators’ increasing focus on substances that unintentionally migrate from packaging into food. An example is the new Chinese food-contact law GB9685-2016, coming into force in October 2017, and will prohibit migration of over 10ppb of nonylphenol to food.LLDPE Packaging Addivant Antioxidant

Developed with consumer safety in mind, Weston 705 is the industry’s only liquid phosphite antioxidant with a full, clean NIAS human safety assessment and is approved for food contact by the FDA, Europe’s EFSA, and China’s NHFPC.