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  • Antarctica
  • Antigua Barbuda
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  • French S.Territ
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  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
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  • Grenada
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  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
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  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • N.Mariana Islnd
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  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
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  • Qatar
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  • Rwanda
  • S. Sandwich Ins
  • S.Tome,Principe
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  • Saint Lucia
  • Samoa
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  • Serbia
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  • Somalia
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  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Kitts&Nevis
  • St. Vincent
  • St.Pier,Miquel.
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  • Svalbard
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad,Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turksh Caicosin
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Utd.Arab Emir.
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  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Wallis,Futuna
  • West Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Barrier Coatings for Paper Packaging

Barrier Coatings for Paper Packaging

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Stand up against water, solvents and grease

Barrier coatings for paper and paperboard substrates are ideal for products protecting against water leakage and vapor, solvents, oils, fatty acids, and other substances. Our barrier coatings portfolio improves the performance and functionality of paper packaging, better protecting the product inside. 

Dow’s Barrier Coatings address specific performance requirements in food, dry goods, medical or consumer product packaging applications. RHOBARR™ Barrier Coatings are food contact compliant and maintain flexibility while resisting hot block.

Common barrier coatings applications

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Food Packaging

Barrier coating approved for food contact and heat sealable, perfect for most food packaging needs.

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Consumer Products

Barrier coatings created to protect against fatty acids, solvents, mineral oils for consumer product packaging.

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Quick Serve

Barrier coatings designed for quick serve packaging such as coffee cups and sandwich wraps.

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RHOBARR™ Technology addresses paper packaging needs

Dow’s RHOBARR™ Technology supports paper packaging to stay in compliance with food contact or medical packaging regulations by creating high-quality barrier paper-based packaging - from food packaging, cups and containers, to consumer products packaging with excellent heat sealing performance. Our coatings offer an improved sustainability profile through repulpability/recyclability and reduced coating usage in certain applications.

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RHOBARR™ 320 Barrier Dispersion for paper coatings

See how Dow’s RHOBARR™ Technology can improve your paper packaging using less raw material and lowering product weight.

RHOBARR™ 320 Barrier Dispersion wins gold for its sustainability properties.

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RHOBARR™ 320 Barrier Dispersion earns R&D 100 Awards.

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Paper Science Studio

Dow’s centralized location for paper coatings research is designed to unlock new innovations for paper and fiber-based packaging from inception to end-of-life and beyond.

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