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Mitsubishi Plastics launch VIEW-BARRIER
Monday 04. May 2009 - Super high gas barrier film designed for electronic devices
Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. (MPI), today announces the European launch of its new super high gas barrier film, VIEW-BARRIER. Designed for use in the front panels of electronic devices, VIEW-BARRIER is a modified film based on MPIs TECHBARRIER technology, which has been used in high performance food, medical, pharmaceutical and industrial packaging around the world since 1991.
VIEW-BARRIER provides a superior level of water vapour barrier, achieving a transmission rate of up to 10-4 g/m2/day, allowing for flexible, roll-to-roll production of plastic electronics. VIEW-BARRIER is also extremely resistant, even under long term high temperature and high humidity circumstances. In addition to the excellent water vapour barrier properties, VIEW-BARRIER also has gas barrier properties for oxygen and carbon dioxide.
A specific type of MPIs X-BARRIER super high gas barrier sheet based packaging film; VIEW-BARRIER is a transparent material with a metal-free structure. Features including anti-reflection, anti-glare, UV-cut, masking-protection, PSA-adhesive, high transparency, low contamination and the stability of gas barrier properties under high temperature and high humidity, can be adapted to meet customer needs.
VIEW-BARRIER is the perfect choice for production of front panels for electronic devices such as electronic paper, organic/non-organic electro-luminescence and photovoltaic modules, in addition to providing next generation thin, light and low-cost flat panel displays. VIEW-BARRIER also allows for a roll-to-roll process rather than glass-plate batch fabrication and has the potential to make printable electronics possible.
MPI has supplied existing manufacturing customers with samples of VIEW-BARRIER for evaluation, and its superb performance qualities have been confirmed. MPI will market the product in Asia, Europe and the Americas, utilising a supply chain system already established by its TECHBARRIER business.