22 Mar 2019 --- Sealed Air Corporation is increasing production in plant-based packaging for food applications. The company is investing in capacity at its Simpsonville, US, facility, which will be the first in the US to produce materials made from Plantic – a bio-based polymer with barrier properties – and post-consumer plastic. Sealed Air’s planned capital investment of US$24 million is underway and production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2020. To support this work, Japan-based Kuraray America, Inc. (Kuraray), a specialty materials company, is investing approximately US$15 million to install plant-based high barrier resin production and supporting capabilities in Houston, Texas.
