THE BARRIER LAB
Our never-ending roadmap to even better bottles.
Innovators don’t rest or settle.
Led by an industry-leading team of customer-focused innovators, we have a handle on your current and future barrier needs.
Keep it inside the bottle.
We design and manufacture containers that do more than just hold products; they protect what matters most. Our expertise in barrier science and technology ensures that your product stays exactly where it belongs: inside the package, not in the walls of the bottle or in the world around it.
Because when your product's integrity is everything, safeguarding it — and the environment — isn't optional. Here are some of the risks of insufficient barriers:
Product Stability
Reduced Shelf-Life: Products may degrade or spoil faster
Product Integrity: Migration between product and packaging, solvent loss, and solids precipitation
Impact environnemental
Product Spoilage: Degradation due to phase separation and particle size changes
Recyclabilité : Inability to reuse packaging due to contamination
Chemical Waste: Leaking packaging resulting in environmental contamination
Regulatory Concerns
Legal Issues: Failing to use appropriate barrier protection can result in noncompliance with current packaging regulations
Safety Risks
Contamination: Contaminants can enter the product from the packaging
Permeation: Flammable solvents can permeate through packaging
Brand Reputation
Packaging Appearance: Paneling and packaging deformation
First Impression: Packaging quality and product consistency convey a high-value product
Three leading Sustainable Barrier Technologies
Without critical barrier protection in plastic packaging, anything is possible, which can affect the product, packaging, and the environment in harmful ways.
Greif In-Mold Barrier | IMB
Available now. A highly consistent, mono-material application using chemical modification of the inner surface of the bottle with the minimum quantity of barrier chemicals necessary.
- Proven and highly consistent technology –
- Precise control of the barrier process
- Excellent individual treatment solvent barrier
- Low mass gain
- 100% Recyclable, enabling bottle-to-bottle
- Compliant with US and EU PFAS regulations
ECOEX
Available now. A multi-layer coextrusion that incorporates a continuous barrier layer of PA or EVOH, with a proprietary outer layer that enables recyclability.
- Proven technology with excellent solvent barrier
- Excellent oxygen barrier with EVOH
- Available with a PA or EVOH barrier layer
- Extended material lifecycle compared to COEX
- Recyclable as HDPE, enabling Bottle-to-Bottle – Alianza Lab
- APR testing successfully completed
- SENAI lab testing successfully completed
Plasma SiOx
Emerging Tech – Greif Investment. Inquire about partnering opportunities. A new and innovative plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition process that applies a proprietary ultra-thin barrier to the inner surface of the bottle.
- Consistent individual treatment
- Excellent solvent barrier
- Excellent gas barrier
- Low mass gain
- 100% Recyclable, enabling Bottle-to-Bottle
- Mono-material
- Fluorine-free packaging
- Compliant with FDA & EFSA
QUALITY: a global promise, proven locally with every run.
Independent 3rd Party Testing Approved – Bottle to Bottle – UN certification, Stress Cracking, and Recyclability Testing Approved.
To make a good bottle, you need to choose the right material, design it around the customer’s needs, make it match those specifications, and test it for quality.
Quality testing for bottles ensures they work well and meet standards. Physical tests check strength and consistency through pressing, dropping, and measuring. Leak and seal tests ensure the bottle holds liquid and the cap fits properly. Dimensions are verified with calipers or 3D scanners to ensure fit. Environmental tests simulate real-world conditions with UV light and temperature changes. Chemical tests check for the release of harmful substances.
