LG Chem Unveils Ultra-Thin Single-Material Film at Interpack 2026 in Germany

Participating in Europe's Largest Packaging Trade Show

Achieving Ultra-Thin 14 μm with 'Unicle'

LG Chem is targeting the global eco-friendly packaging market with an ultra-thin packaging film material that achieves a world-class thickness of 14 micrometers (μm).

On May 7, LG Chem announced that it would participate in 'Interpack 2026,' held over seven days in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Packaging pouch for food and pet food using packaging film made from LG Chem's Unicable material. LG Chem

Interpack is Europe's largest specialized packaging industry exhibition, covering the entire value chain of packaging, from consumer goods packaging for food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics to packaging and processing equipment. This year, about 2,500 companies from approximately 60 countries and more than 170,000 visitors are expected to attend.

Under the theme "Packaging Innovation Begins with Materials," LG Chem is highlighting its 'Unicle' technology—an ultra-thin packaging film material that, as a single material, achieves a world-leading thickness of 14 μm.

The company will also showcase a diverse product lineup and portfolio, including samples of Unicle with a thickness of up to 12 μm that offer the same physical properties.

Unicle is a packaging solution that allows customers to customize properties such as processability, strength, sealing reliability, and moisture barrier performance to match specific packaging requirements at the material stage. It is already being used for packaging food, pet food, and daily necessities.

In particular, while maintaining the same physical properties as traditional multi-material packaging films, Unicle uses a single polyethylene (PE) material that increases recyclability, thereby simultaneously achieving sustainability and high functionality.

Typically, single-material packaging is easier to recycle but tends to be thicker to achieve the same physical properties as multi-material packaging. LG Chem explained that Unicle overcomes this limitation by using down-gauging technology to reduce the thickness of the material and make it lighter.

At the exhibition, LG Chem will introduce real-world commercialized cases such as kitchen detergent pouches from LG Household & Health Care as well as packaging for flagship products from major domestic food companies that use Unicle material. Based on these examples, the company plans to expand cooperation with global customers across various packaging segments, including packaging films.

Chunghoon Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of the NCC/PO Business Division at LG Chem, stated, "Packaging innovation that started from material technology is expanding into diverse fields through actual commercialization cases," and added, "We will continue to lead innovation and eco-friendly value in the next-generation packaging film sector."

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