Barrier Films and Coatings is a global analysis of the barrier materials used in the
flexible packaging market. To be included in the study, a material must provide high
barrier to oxygen and/or moisture vapor. Commercially significant materials examined
include aluminum foil, PVOH coatings and films, glass-coated films, PAA-coated films,
EVOH resin and films, nylon resin and films, PET resins and films, metallized films, PVDC
coatings and films, PAN (AMAB) resin and films, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) resin and
films, polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) resins and films. New technologies are also
examined including packaging materials manufactured with nanomaterials, oxygen
absorbers, and many others.

The flexible packaging market generates revenues of $55 billion globally, and half of
the packaging in this market utilizes one of the barrier materials analyzed in this
study. The study's analysis of this important market includes drivers and trends,
quantitative market projections for each barrier material, and an examination of the
structures and end-uses for each of these materials.

The Technology section includes a carefully prepared examination of the barrier
properties that each material offers. Great care is taken to present the barrier
properties on a comparable basis, including consistent thicknesses and environmental
conditions. The value proposition of a barrier material changes with the level of barrier
required. The Economics section includes five case studies that examine the value
proposition of these materials at five different barrier specifications, which range from
ultra-high to moderate. Additional cases zero in on the materials that have recently
achieved significant commercial success - COC resins and PAA-coated films.

The study provides 50+ detailed profiles of barrier material suppliers.