Expert's Opinion

‘Smart Cans’ for Packaging

BPA-free cans are designed to provide protection in packaging, particularly for food.

Cans have several advantages—they are light, hermetic, stable. This allows for a myriad of uses for tinplate in the packaging industry, such as for toys and cosmetics, but particularly for food. Special DYNAPOL binders from Evonik Industries are designed to provide the necessary external and internal protection—completely free from bisphenol-A. Have you ever tried to open a can without a can opener? For nearly 50 years people relied on their creativity to open the molded tinplate. It took tha...

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