Fewer plastic layers, the same protection for your packaging.
Water-based barriers, primers and heat seals for paper, flexible packaging and digital printing. We help you choose the right family and trial it on your line before production.
- Paper and board barriers for food and industrial packaging
- Flexible packaging primers, barriers, and heat seals
- Technical validation and application support before scale-up
Start with the material you already use
Browse the portfolio by substrate and process so your team can get to the right product page faster.
Paper and board
Water-based coatings for paper, paperboard, and corrugated packaging that balance barrier performance with recyclability.
- Water, grease, and moisture barriers for food and cold-chain formats
- Repulpable and compostable routes with food-contact capable technologies
- Solutions for boxes, trays, cups, plates, and industrial papers
Flexible packaging
Coatings for primers, oxygen barriers, metallized structures, and low-temperature seals in high-performance flexible packaging.
- Printing primers for film structures and extrusion coating
- Oxygen-barrier technologies for mono-material and paper-conversion projects
- Heat-seal and converting support for demanding applications
Digital printing
Michelman-based primers and varnishes for HP Indigo and water-based inkjet applications across labels, carton, and flexible packaging.
- Certified primers and strengtheners for HP Indigo workflows
- JetPrime and DigiGuard technologies for print quality and protection
- Guidance by substrate, application, and converting requirements
Results you can measure in your plant
Reference values from the Michelman technology we represent.
12622–272-min Cobb
Low Cobb, even diluted
HydraBan® keeps Cobb at 22–27 with 80% water in the mix.
100<0.8cc/m²/day
Oxygen out, without EVOH
Michem® Flex Barrier brings a PET film’s OTR below 0.8.
65 °Cseal initiation
Seals at low temperature
Water-based heat seals that start sealing from 65 °C on paper.
Manufacturer reference values (Michelman). Final performance is confirmed with a trial on your material and line.
Which coating do you need?
Choose your need and answer a few questions. Find a coating family to evaluate, without sharing your contact details.
A portfolio designed for technical decisions
Our product families are built to help packaging teams solve barrier, printability, food-contact, and converting challenges without adding unnecessary complexity to the line.
Circular packaging focus
Solutions built around recyclable, repulpable, and lower-plastic packaging routes.
Compliance-ready evaluation
Support for food-contact, performance, and validation requirements before you scale.
Barrier performance by objective
Water, grease, moisture, oxygen, and sealability options matched to the packaging need.
Application-oriented support
Recommendations shaped by substrate, coating method, converting line, and end use.
Choose faster and validate with less risk
Use the guide and Coaterex support to frame your barrier target, understand the required tests, and shortlist the right product family before running trials.
Define the coating objective
Start with the substrate, barrier target, print method, sealing needs, and end-market requirements.
Review tests and application variables
Align on COBB, Kit, MVTR, or other critical measurements together with the intended coating method.
Move into validation
Advance from the first shortlist to product specifications, trial setup, and production recommendations.
Support around the product decision
When your team needs more than a catalog, Coaterex can help accelerate testing, coating application, and technical validation.
Coating application support
We support pilot-scale application on reels and sheets so your team can validate primers, varnishes, and barriers before committing line time.
- Application on paper, board, film, reels, and sheets
- Validation of primers, varnishes, and barriers in production-like conditions
- Technical basis to adjust parameters and define next steps
Technical validation
We help structure project validation, define application parameters, and interpret the results needed to move forward with confidence.
- Definition of critical application parameters
- Support during trials and interpretation of results
- Recommendations to scale toward commercial validation or production
Let’s talk about your packaging
Tell us what you need to achieve. Our team will review your application and help define the next step.
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