A plastic-free, plant-based barrier coating for packaging from Rehovot-based Melodea will be available within six months to the burgeoning US and South American markets.
Melodea’s cellulose nanocrystal coating is sourced from wood pulp, a sidestream of the paper-making industry. This eco-friendly material lets food, beverage, and consumer goods packagers stop using plastic or aluminum as a barrier to air, water, or grease seeping through single-use packaging.
With increasing demand from the US market, Melodea will open a manufacturing plant in the United States to produce MelOx, which protects packaged products from oxygen and oil and grease transmission; and VBcoat, which counteracts the transmission of water, oil, and grease.