Research & development
Our Research and Development focuses on creating flexible packaging solutions for our customers and the needs of the circular economy that make products more attractive and easier to use.
Developing new innovations
In addition to supporting our divisions and product managers/application engineers as efficient service provider in customer projects, R&D also develops completely new innovations (in-house developments).
For this, our raw material experts are in regular contact with external development partners, such as suppliers, technical organizations especially in the regulatory and recycling area, institutes and universities for early identification of market trends, future needs and relevant technologies.
Centers of
Competence
Aluminum Foil and Foil Laminates
Constantia Teich, Austria- Aluminum raw materials and foils
- Extrusion coating compounds and processes
- Lacquers and inks on foils
- Adhesives on foils
- Punching and laser scoring
- UV-Flexo and digital printing
- Analytics
- Food and pharma legislation
Polymer Films and Film Laminates
Constantia Prik, Germany- Polymers and films
- Adhesive lamination
- Lacquers and inks on plastics
- Adhesives on plastics
- Cold seal materials
- Flexo and gravure printing
- Analytics
- Product safety
- Development of paper-based packaging materials
Product
Excellence Centers
Pharma Blister
Constantia Patz, Austria- Application engineering and analytics
- Blister forming line
- Simulation of forming process
- Pharma-specific row materials
Pharma Laminates
Constantia Tobepal, Spain- Pharma-specific raw material
- Application engineering and analytics
Constantia Flexibles has bundled the technical resources in the Competence Centers (Groupwide R&D) and Product Excellence Centers (Pharma R&D) who have
- State-of-the-art wet chemical laboratories with in-house lacquer development
- Pilot plant facilities for blown and cast film extrusion, lacquering, adhesive and extrusion lamination, compound development, recycling of plastics and sealing & packaging trials
- Pilot blown film line, we can not only use to develop efficiently new sealing films, but could also produce needed volumes in the pre-marketing phase
- A wide range of analytical and test equipment for checking properties of incoming raw materials and market samples/products up to pilot testing of various kind
- Deeper analytic capabilities to confirm compatibility of all our products with regulatory requirements
- Experts in the area of food law compliance and experts for all relevant raw material groups (aluminum, polymer resins, films, paper, lacquers, inks, adhesives, cold seal materials, additives, …)
- Patent department to perform e.g. FTO (freedom to operate) analyses
