Compostable coating for
high-performance packaging films

Less film, same performance,
same end of life

Canopa™ is a coating that reinforces compostable film, enabling manufacturers to reduce its thickness while maintaining mechanical performance and compostability. Printed only where reinforcement is needed during the existing production process, it combines strength, compostability and high-speed printability, enabling major material and cost savings.

Lower costs

Less material, lower production costs

Higher strength

Improved mechanical performance

Easy integration

Works with existing production lines

Maintains compostability

Composts alongside the film

Targeted reinforcement  
and easy integration

Targeted reinforcementNot every part of a bag carries the same load, so Canopa™ doesn't treat it that way. We map where packaging actually fails under real handling and reinforce only where it’s needed. Printed directly onto compostable film, it reinforces exactly where the film is weakest, so less material does the same job.

Easy integration Canopa™ is printed by manufacturers onto their compostable film. It runs through the same flexographic or gravure printing station converters already use, applied just like an ink. No new process step, no retraining. Extrude a thinner film, print Canopa™ within your existing process, and produce reinforced packaging with no extra steps.

From stiffer film to stronger bags

Impact

Canopa™ allows for thinner films, cutting costs while making your production more sustainable. The data is measured on industrial production line (IbiPlast, July 2026), in tensile testing on coated vs. uncoated film. Canopa™ can also be applied to film at its current thickness, improving mechanical performance for a stronger, more reliable product.

Higher stiffness

+40% Young's modulus

Higher strength

+18% Yield strength

Target

30%

Thinner Film

Benefits

→  Lower costs 
→  Smarter storage
→  Lighter shipping

→ Better footprint