Mono rigid films
Mono films are made using a single polymer, making them less complex for our domestic recycling infrastructures to process and easier for consumers to recycle. Each film will be produced as a roll and delivered to you in accordance with your packaging and machinery requirements.
kp® Mono
Rigid film for high gas barrier applications
kp® Mono is our range of rigid films made using a single polymer for those form, fill and seal and thermoforming food applications that require outstanding barrier properties. These mono barrier films have superior clarity and are lightweight, but also resistant to impact ensuring the preservation of packaged contents such as fresh fruit, salads and yoghurts.
Packer/Processor Benefits:
- Designed for high-speed packaging operations
- Strong hermetic seal, even through contamination
- Available in PET, PP, PS or PVC
- Easy to customise
- Lower eco and national plastic taxes
Retailer Benefits:
- Extended shelf life
- Secure and leak proof
- Lock seal, peelable or reclosable options available
- Available in clear and colours
- PET is up to 97%
- PCR with 34% coming from food trays
- PP has 30% PCR
- Supply-chain certified by RecyClass
- Prevents contamination and reduces food waste
kp Kapture®
Closing the loop on coloured PET
Made from up to 100% post-consumer recycled PET, our premium black and coloured PET is manufactured in a way that ensures it is detectable by today’s sorting technologies allowing it to be recycled and turned back into protective coloured packaging again and again, keeping food fresh and safe every time and creating a future with less waste.
Packer/Processor Benefits
• High performance coloured PET• Drop-in solution
• Bespoke specification to meet requirements
• Meets eco-tax requirements
Retailer Benefits
• Premium shelf appeal
• Made with post-consumer recycled PET • High barrier option available for extended shelf life
• Lock seal and peelable options available
Sustainability Benefits
• Fully recyclable*
• Mono PET material
• Made with up to 100% post-consumer rPET
• RecyClass certified recyclate
• Certified by COTREP as NIR detectable
*Easily sorted and recycled where the right infrastructure is in place
• Lock seal and peelable options available
Sustainability Benefits
• Fully recyclable*
• Mono PET material
• Made with up to 100% post-consumer rPET
• RecyClass certified recyclate
• Certified by COTREP as NIR detectable
*Easily sorted and recycled where the right infrastructure is in place
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Sorting Process
RECOUP assisted kp with successful trials to independently demonstrate the detectability of kp Kapture® coloured trays using existing sorting technology in UK facilities. This ensures the items in the kp Kapture® brand range can sorted effectively and prepared for onward recycling.
Stuart Foster
CEO, RECOUP
Benefits to the market
Near-infrared detectable
Certified by COTREP as detectable by currently available near-infrared sorting technology.
Include kp Tray2Tray®
kp Kapture® trays and rigid films can be made with up to 30% postconsumer recycled PET trays sourced through the kp Tray2Tray® programme which focuses on recovering used food packaging and turning it back into more of the same.
Made for recycling
Meets sustainability and eco-tax requirements as an NIR detectable mono PET material that can be recycled by current plastic recovery facilities. This material is made from up to 100% post-consumer rPET from a sustainable source certified by RecyClass.
Drop-in solution
An easy drop-in solution for fresh food applications which performs like standard PET with thermoforming and FFS equipment.
Maximised food protection and safety
Meets all EU and FDA food contact regulations, which ensures that food is kept fresh and safe.
Premium shelf appeal
The sustainable option for retailers to showcase products in the timeless quality of black and coloured premium packaging.
kp MonoSeal®
Mono PET rigid film for superior sealing performance
kp MonoSeal® is a mono PET rigid film with enhanced sealing performance that ensures a consistently reliable hermetic seal in challenging fresh food applications such as sliced cheese or sliced processed meat where PET/PE is generally used. Endorsed by Petcore Europe as designed to be recyclable, kp MonoSeal® is made with up to 80% post-consumer recycled content. It’s an easy drop-in solution for PET form, fill and seal and thermoforming lines that also enables you to reduce your packaging weight by as much as 15%.
Packer/Processor Benefits
- Best in class hermetic seal, even through contamination
- Up to 15% lighter than PET/PE
- Up to 27% longer rolls than PET/PE
- Up to 25% lower sealing temperature
- Drop-in solution
- Lower eco taxes
Retailer Benefits
- Excellent transparency and gloss
- Made with post-consumer recycled PET
- Light weight packaging
- High barrier option available for extended shelf life
- Lock seal and peelable options
Sustainability Benefits
- Mono PET
- Endorsed by Petcore as designed to be recycled
- Made with up to 80% post-consumer recycled PET, almost half (35%) comes from food trays
- RecyClass certified recyclate
- Lower carbon footprint
*Lower carbon footprint versus PET/PE base rigid films
Key benefits explained
Best in class hermetic seal
kp MonoSeal®’s enhanced sealing performance compared to standard mono PET ensures a consistently reliable hermetic seal for challenging fresh food applications such as prepared salads, sliced cheese or sliced cooked ham. It is a perfect replacement for PET/PE films.
Up to 15% lighter than PET/PE
Replace PET/PE films with kp MonoSeal® to downgauge your packaging by as much as 21% and reduce its weight by up to 15%.
Lower eco taxes
Made with up to 80% post-consumer recycled PET with almost half (35%) coming from food trays. This can result in lower eco taxes in countries e.g. France, where EPR schemes incentivise the use of PCR PET from bottles and/or food trays.
Drop-in solution
An easy drop-in solution that works with all standard PET thermoforming and form, fill and seal equipment, with no need to change or retrofit existing equipment.
Up to 25% lower sealing
temperature
When compared to standard Mono PET, kp MonoSeal® enables you to work with up to 25% lower sealing temperatures which lowers your energy consumption and saves on energy costs.
Up to 27% longer rolls
than PET/PE
Can be downgauged by up to 21% compared to PET/PE films, resulting in 27% longer rolls. Major benefits include increased line efficiency and reduced storage.
Designed to be recyclable
kp MonoSeal® is the first PET base rigid film endorsed by the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of Petcore Europe, as compatible with currently available PET sorting and recycling technologies used at industrial scale.
Maximum food protection
and safety
Complies with EFSA and FDA food contact regulations, which ensures that food is kept fresh and safe.
Our kp MonoSeal® rigid film packaging solution are perfect for the following areas:
kp SmartCycle®
Sustainable Rigid Film
kp SmartCycle® is our core range of sustainable rigid films for form, fill and seal applications, which we can customise to contain 35% to 100% recycled PET. Perfect for hitting sustainability goals and matching eco-tax requirements by global region. Not only is our range perfect for fresh food and keeping it safe, it’s crystal clear and is easily recycled working towards closing the loop on food packaging.
kp SmartCycle® is our core range of sustainable rigid films for form, fill and seal applications, which we can customise to contain 35% to 100% recycled PET. Perfect for hitting sustainability goals and matching eco-tax requirements by global region. Not only is our range perfect for fresh food and keeping it safe, it’s crystal clear and is easily recycled working towards closing the loop on food packaging.
Packer/Processor Benefits
- High performance PET film
- Contains recycled content
- Easy drop in solution
- Bespoke specification to meet your requirements
- Meets eco-tax requirements
Retailer Benefits
- Excellent transparency and gloss finish
- Made with recycled content
- EVOH/PE layer available for extended shelf life
- Meets sustainability requirements
Sustainability Benefits
- Fully recyclable*
- Mono PET material
- Contains 35% to 100% recycled content
- Certified and traceable recyclate
- Lower carbon footprint versus virgin materials
*Easily sorted and recycled where the right infrastructure is in place
Can be made with
kp is working with the entire value chain to generate and drive continued demand and ensure a constant supply of post-consumer recycled plastics.
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