Paper and board packaging has seen its market share eroded by plastics for many years. But this historic decline could be coming to an end.

Pioneering new nanotechnologies, coupled with swelling demand for more sustainable packaging, threaten to usher in an renaissance era for natural fibre-based packaging.

By engineering at nanoscale, vastly improved packaging properties can be offered at low costs to brand owners. These include better barrier, strength, fibre engineering, coatings, inks, intelligence, protection, lightweighting and many more.

Unique intelligence
Nanomaterials World, Pira's monthly newsletter, delivers exclusive intelligence on what's happening in the world of nano-enhanced natural fibre packaging. You get 10 issues a year, plus all subscribers will receive an E-Annual in December of each year providing the most relevant industry conference papers, technology articles and trend analysis available

Our team of researchers and writers will report on:

• Developments from inside all major government- funded nano research projects and nano start-ups with technology relevant to packaging
• Breakthroughs and progress made by r&d departments of paper and chemicals companies developing nano products
• New nanoscale products developed as a result of the research
• Product trials and adoption by brand owners or packaging converters
• Business performance of the new nano-level product
• Legislative, regulatory and government issues affecting nanotechnology in packaging

Who needs to subscribe?

• Food, pharmaceutical, luxury and FMCG brand owners or buyers of paper and board packaging
• Paper, board and label converters
• Chemical producers
• Inks, fillers, coatings and adhesives suppliers
• Nanotechnology start-ups and spin offs
• Research institutes and universities
• Packaging and printing equipment suppliers

What's covered?

• Enhanced paper and packaging material functionality through nanotechnology

• Carbon nanotubes and nanofibres

• Properties and performance of carbon nanotube
• Product characteristics and performance capabilities with competitive materials
• Manufacturing processes
• Current and future commercial applications for paper and packaging

Nano coatings

• Nano coatings for paper
• Nano coatings for flexible electronic displays, including electro-magnetic interference shielding coatings and electrostatic discharge protection coatings
• Smart coatings, e.g. self-healing packaging

Nanotechnology for brand protection and security

• Nano enabled lock and key techniques for brand protection
• Nanoparticles for product safety
• Nanobarcodes for track and trace
• Anti-counterfeiting with polymer films
• Magnetic barcodes for anti-forgery
• Smart covert nanotaggants

Nano-engineered electronic paper

• Paper quality displays from nanomaterial
• Displaying product freshness with E-Paper

Nanotechnology and inks

• Pigments
• E-ink
• Security inks and covert tagging
• Conducting and semiconducting inks
• Oxygen indicating inks
• Inks for indicating other substances and conditions

Nanotechnology and digital printing of packaging

• Inkjet printing of electronically conducting tracks onto paper
• Inkjet printing of electrical conductors for smart packaging
• Inkjet printing of nano sized silver particle ink

Using nanocomposites to enhance barrier properties of natural materials

• Nano composites in extrusion coating applications
• Enhanced film production techniques using nanotechnology
• Nanotechnnology in smart packaging

Regulatory environment for nanotechnology in packaging

Updates on EU legislation applicable to nanotechnology

• Nanotechnology and food contact legislation
• Nanotechnology in the packaging waste chain
• EU Sustainpack project

Nanotechnology in paper manufacturing

• Nano-fibre composites
• Impact of nanotechnology on fibre surface modifications
• Recycled paper and nanotechnology
• Wet end chemistry and nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology and fillers

The subscription package

• PDF newsletter available for download from our web site
• 10 issues per subscription period
• E-Annual published every December giving you a round-up of the year's trends and market analysis
• Access to online archive of all back issues with downloads
• Searchable online database of news stories

Nanotechnology's killer applications in paper and board packaging

• Brand Protection
• Intelligent packaging
• Track and trace
• Improved barrier
• Printable indicators
• Printed electronics
• Intelligent inks
• Lightweighting of materials
• Improved sustainability