For both modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and vacuum packaging, there is a common need for very high barrier materials that can prevent contact with outside air and invasive bacteria, reduce internal water loss, and improve health and meat safety. Ixan® PVDC high-barrier packaging materials meet these requirements.

Meat packaging Ixan® PVDC resins and ready-to-use premixes can be extruded and coextruded to films (heat shrinkable or not), and to thermoformable sheets.

Ixan® and Diofan® PVDC-containing multilayer films take full advantage of these materials' exceptional barrier properties to prevent the ingress of undesired oxygen while providing ideal ripening conditions and full flavor formation that can be perfectly aligned according to the type of cheese.

Extruded mono film with Ixan® PVDC and Diofan®-coated substrates can both be used in sausage casings to provide excellent shelf-life and low weight losses during storage and distribution. This is due to their excellent and reliable gas and water vapor barrier properties, even in humid conditions. Other advantages include controlled shrink, resistance against heat and high mechanical stress, and suitability for pasteurization.

Ixan PVDC can be combined with plasticised or semi-rigid PVC, whether medium or high molecular weight, in the manufacture of cling film for wrapping food products. Such films offer low permeability to steam and oxygen to keep foods such as meat and cheese fresh, along with high clarity, good puncture resistance, elasticity and recovery. This type of film is made at very high speed in extrusion processes.

Thin, clingy plastic films made of PVDC are known for providing superior barrier properties versus all other food wrapping solutions, including protection from aroma losses and off-flavor transfer. These PVDC films are the benchmark for food protection in food wrapping.

Ixan® PVDC resins are used for making barrier films that allow the production of reliable, safe ostomy pouching systems. These bags are highly sophisticated, and consist of medical grade plastic films which must meet several criteria: impermeability, mechanical strength, seam strength, gas/odor barrier, protection and flexibility. In addition, they must not irritate the skin and must make the least possible noise so as not to draw attention to the wearer.