Monomaterial PE
The film is designed as a monomaterial polyethylene structure for flexible plastic packaging and the applicable PE recycling pathway.
Flexible Plastic Packaging
HyperBarrier® Film
A high-performance, heat-sealable monomaterial PE barrier film designed for flexible plastic packaging and PE recycling streams.
Product distinction: HyperBarrier® Film is a monomaterial polyethylene solution for flexible plastic packaging. It is distinct from HyperBarrier® Coating, a nanocomposite extrusion coating for paper and board packaging designed for paper-recycling streams.
The Film Proposition
High barrier, a simpler PE material structure.
HyperBarrier Film is a polyolefin nanocomposite designed to improve the barrier performance of polyethylene while maintaining a monomaterial PE structure. It is a heat-sealable flexible film designed to replace complex multilayer plastic structures.
The company’s stated objective is to help flexible formats achieve the barrier performance required for sensitive products without relying on incompatible layers such as metallized films or other mixed-material structures.
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Designed for Flexible Packaging
A dedicated film solution—not a paper coating.
Its PE-recycling pathway is distinct from the paper-stream focus of EarthCoating and HyperBarrier Coating.
Heat-Sealable Film
HyperBarrier Film is designed for heat-sealable flexible applications, including pouches, lidding, and wraps.
Oxygen & Moisture Protection
The film is engineered for oxygen- and moisture-sensitive flexible packaging applications.
How It Works
Nanoclay morphology within the PE matrix.
HyperBarrier Film uses an engineered nanoclay morphology within polyethylene to create a tortuous diffusion path for gases and moisture. The intended result is enhanced barrier performance in a PE film structure.
What the structure replaces
The film is designed to simplify flexible packaging structures that otherwise rely on multiple layers or materials to obtain a required barrier. The appropriate comparison depends on the finished pack and product requirements.
What must still be evaluated
Film gauge, construction, application, seal performance, printing, product type, target market, collection route, and local recyclability criteria all require application-specific assessment.
Applications
Flexible formats for products that need barrier protection.
HyperBarrier Film is designed for flexible pouches, lidding, wraps, dry foods, snacks, coffee and tea, nuts and seeds, spices and seasonings, and related high-barrier flexible applications.
Flexible formats
Pouches, Lidding & Wraps
Heat-sealable flexible film applications designed around a monomaterial PE structure.
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Food, Coffee & Snacks
Food and beverage-related flexible packaging applications can require oxygen and moisture barrier protection.
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Cast Film & Development
Cast film is available from August 2026, and blown film is in development.
Discuss your application →Explore HyperBarrier Film for flexible packaging.
Contact Smart Planet Technologies to discuss a monomaterial PE film structure for your application and intended recycling pathway.
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