MEDIA CONTACTS
Cristina Acevedo
Milliken & Company
cristina.acevedo@milliken.com
864.503.1520
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2015
Amy Godfrey
AH&M Marketing Communications
agodfrey@ahminc.com
413-448-2260, x370
Tray-Pak Heats Up the Hot-to-Go Container Market with New Products
Featuring UltraClear PP Clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000
New Microwaveable Food Containers Offer Exceptional Clarity, Greater Sustainability and
Fresh Aesthetic Options with Milliken’s ClearTint® Colorants and Millad® Clarifying Agents.
Atlanta, Ga. – Milliken & Company today announced here at IDDBA’s Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo
(booth #2846) that Tray-Pak Corporation (booth #3947) has created new food containers for hot-to-go
and heat-at-home applications made from UltraClear polypropylene (PP) clarified with Milliken’s
advanced Millad® NX™ 8000 technology. Tray-Pak, a leader in custom thermoformed plastic packaging,
chose UltraClear PP to offer its customers a unique combination of glass-like clarity, microwave/hot fill
capability and recyclability – and the option to enhance the containers with Milliken’s ClearTint®
colorants. Tray-Pak is showcasing its new 9-inch by 9-inch dome lid container at the New Product
Showcase and the Show & Sell Center, as well as both companies’ booths. It has also developed a 6inch by 6-inch container and a 7.25-inch by 5.6-inch rectangular container. They will be the first
commercially available food containers in North America to feature UltraClear PP.
“Tray-Pak has always brought new material innovations to the market,” said Ashley Waszkiewicz,
marketing manager, Tray-Pak Corporation. “The partnership with Milliken combines our excellent
design and engineering capabilities with advanced material technologies that provide clarity similar to
polyethylene terephthalate and the heat performance and sustainability of polypropylene. UltraClear
PP allows us to create products that meet growing trends, such as the move away from expanded
polystyrene in favor of a more easily recycled material. Tray-Pak looks forward to launching the line
later this year and plans to continue designing tailor-made products that will use this material
technology to target consumer demands for clarity and microwave capability.”
“Tray-Pak’s attractive hot food containers are a great and practical example of how readily UltraClear
PP can be adapted to the requirements of new applications,” said Cristina Acevedo, global product line
manager, Plastics Additives, Milliken & Company. “This versatile material checks ‘must-have’ boxes
that are important across many packaging sectors, including enhanced shelf appeal, improved
sustainability and high performance. These attributes position it favorably against traditional resins and
offer many opportunities for material upgrades.”
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New Family of Distinctive Products
Here at the Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo, Tray-Pak’s 9-inch by 9-inch container is being shown in
several variations, including tinted clear bases that provide a pop of color to enhance the appearance
of the contents. The bases can be configured with a single cavity or three cavities, making them
suitable for quick-serve restaurants, grocery store hot bars and other take-out food providers. The 6inch by 6-inch containers, with a single cavity base, share a similar design to the 9-inch by 9-inch
containers with a domed lid providing inherent stackability. The rectangular containers, also with a
single cavity base, have a slightly domed lid. All lids and bases will be available in UltraClear PP and all
are microwaveable.
The Millad NX 8000 additive gives PP a clarity boost that overcomes the undesirable cloudy appearance
of natural PP in sheet and thermoformed applications. UltraClear PP offers highly attractive
transparency, similar to that of polyethylene terephthalate, for meat trays, clamshell containers and
lids. UltraClear PP also offers important benefits such as mono-material packaging, easy seal and
impact and heat resistance.
Milliken’s ClearTint colorants deliver the brightest, cleanest and most transparent colors in PP. They
are precisely designed to enhance the Millad NX 8000 clarifier. The deep, rich shades achievable with
ClearTint are unavailable with traditional pigment colors. Milliken’s innovative colorants are Food &
Drug Administration (FDA) compliant and provide freedom from color migration or extraction.
About Tray-Pak Corporation
Since its founding in 1975, Tray-Pak Corporation has grown to become one of North America’s leading
sources for tailor-made thermoformed thin-gauge packaging solutions. Specializing in medium-to-high
volume runs of consumable goods packaging, Tray-Pak helps companies to manage costs, streamline
processes, and get to market faster than their competition. Tray-Pak’s mission is to deliver a superior
value to all stakeholders by providing innovative packaging solutions through collaboration, creativity,
and continuous improvement.
About Milliken
Milliken is an innovation company that has been exploring, discovering, and creating ways to enhance
people’s lives since 1865. Working from our laboratories, application and development centers around
the world, our scientists and engineers create coatings, specialty chemicals, and advanced additive and
colorant technologies that transform the way we experience products from automotive plastics to
children's art supplies. With expertise across a breadth of disciplines that also includes floor covering
and performance materials, the people of Milliken work every day to add true value to people’s lives,
improve health and safety, and make this world more sustainable. For more information, visit
www.millikenchemical.com or www.milliken.com.
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Millad and ClearTint are registered trademarks of Milliken & Company.
NX and the Milliken logo are trademarks of Milliken & Company.
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Tray-Pak Heats Up the Hot-to-Go Container Market with New Products
Featuring UltraClear PP Clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000
PHOTO: Tray-Pak Corporation’s New Food Containers for Hot-to-go and Heat-at-home Applications
Made from UltraClear Polypropylene Clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000 Technology
Milliken & Company today announced here at IDDBA’s Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo (booth #2846)
that Tray-Pak Corporation (booth #3947) has created new food containers for hot-to-go and heat-athome applications made from UltraClear polypropylene (PP) clarified with Milliken’s advanced Millad®
NX™ 8000 technology. Tray-Pak, a leader in custom thermoformed plastic packaging, chose UltraClear
PP to offer its customers a unique combination of glass-like clarity, microwave/hot fill capability and
recyclability – and the option to enhance the containers with Milliken’s ClearTint® colorants. Tray-Pak
is showcasing its new 9-inch by 9-inch dome lid container at the New Product Showcase and the Show &
Sell Center, as well as both companies’ booths. It has also developed a 6-inch by 6-inch container and a
7.25-inch by 5.6-inch rectangular container. They will be the first commercially available food
containers in North America to feature UltraClear PP.
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Millad and ClearTint are registered trademarks of Milliken & Company.
NX and the Milliken logo are trademarks of Milliken & Company.
High resolution photography is available by contacting Amy Godfrey at agodfrey@ahminc.com.
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