Paper and Board Coatings & Treatments Course
This course provides mastery of paper and board coatings for high-performance packaging. Participants learn coating chemistry, barrier design, application techniques, testing methods, cost factors, and sustainability practices to create food-safe, glossy, recyclable solutions suitable for production lines. It covers substrate basics, pigments, binders, additives, drying, calendering, lab testing, regulations, and scale-up strategies.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain a comprehensive overview of paper and board coatings and treatments for packaging through this practical course. Key topics include substrate fundamentals, coating pigments, binders, additives, application methods, drying, calendering, barrier design, lab and pilot testing, recyclability, regulatory compliance, cost drivers, and scale-up for effective solutions.
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Develop skills
- Design coating formulations to adjust gloss, opacity, and liquid barrier properties.
- Select paperboards matching structure, porosity, and stiffness for food packaging.
- Optimize coating processes including solids content, rheology, drying, and calendering.
- Validate performance through lab tests like gloss, Cobb, Kit, and printability.
- Balance cost and sustainability while meeting FDA/EU regulations and recyclability targets.
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