Redesigning plastic processing technology
for improved environmental and economic sustainability
Keiryo 軽量 = Less weight
Keiryo, meaning ’less weight’, is the core concept behind what the patented Keiryo Packaging Technology delivers. Based on cutting-edge applications of academically well-grounded polymer rheology science, the KP Technology integrates molecular ordering into the polymer melt, triggering flow-enhanced morphological changes to the polymer mass. In turn, these advanced morphological structures greatly enhance the overall material functionality. Hence less material is required to provide a similar performance by the plastic article.
The KP Technology is applicable across various conversion technologies (ISBM, Direct Injection) for both amorphous (such as PC, PS et al) and semi-crystalline (such as PET, PP, etc.) polymers which are used in billions of finished plastic articles annually. It is our mission to improve the materials performance and consequently to enhance both the economic and environmental sustainability of such packaging articles.
Packaging has many different and essential functions in bringing products to the consumer. It protects the content, helps to shape brand equity and offers functional convenience to the user. However, the production of packaging also consumes resources and the packaging usually becomes waste after consumption of the packaged goods. The consumer goods industry is now under serious challenge to reduce the environmental footprint of the packaging it uses, while at the same time increasing the customer value it delivers.
Addressing both the environmental and the economic sustainability challenge simultaneously requires the emergence of a transformational polymer processing technology. Keiryo Packaging provides a disruptive, yet globally accessible technology platform designed to boost the materials use efficiency of conventional polymers and promote the use of recycled plastics. In addition, the KP Technology supports the transition from linear to circular packaging materials derived from lasting resources.