PPG Upgrades Spray Coating for Beverage Cans

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) announces PPG Innovel Pro, an enhanced internal spray coating that uses no bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol starting substances and is said to provide more robust application properties for the recyclable aluminum beverage can.

PPG Innovel Pro is a high-performance acrylic coating that draws on PPG Innovel’s nearly 10 years as the market’s most widely used non-BPA internal beverage spray coating. The company estimates that PPG Innovel coatings have been used on more than 220 billion cans in more than 40 countries to date.

PPG Innovel Pro coating reportedly complies with all global food contact standards for consumer safety, and its improved application properties are said to provide operational benefits for can plants around the world.

Validated with the PPG SafeAssure protocol for safe food-contact coating development, PPG Innovel Pro coating reliably supports the ever-widening range of filling goods that beverage brands want to can. It features a lower migration Profile than standard epoxy and epoxy-mimic coatings, and all PPG Innovel internal spray coatings have achieved Platinum Cradle-to-Cradle material health certification from the Cradle-to-Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

Amy Ericson, PPG senior vice president, packaging coatings, says, “The new coating also comes with the support of industry-leading technical and regulatory support teams, which provide on-site expertise to keep customer operations running smoothly. PPG Innovel Pro coating is a big step forward for the industry, enabling major beverage brands to more efficiently offer safer and more sustainable metal-packaged drinks that today’s consumers can feel good about.”