Packaging Digest

       The co. announces improved moisture vapor and oxygen barriers on clear PLA packaging films. These impressive barriers result in longer shelf life for food products. The popular PLA film is biodegradable and has provided numerous opportunities to meet demands from a growing number of converters and end users in the food industry. These customers are choosing PLA because it is a film made from a renewable resource such as cornstarch in the United States or often sugarcane elsewhere in the world. In addition, PLA is compostable, the co. states.