DANBURY, Conn. (Oct. 31, 2010) – Sealed Air’s latest innovation, Instapak® RC45 foam, provides users with a plant-based, renewable-content packaging foam that is easy-to-use and ideal for light-duty packaging applications.
 
Instapak® RC45 foam contains 25 percent renewable content in the finished foam product, providing further reduction in the use of petroleum-based raw materials. Compatible with Sealed Air’s Instapak® foam packaging systems, the new Instapak® RC45 foam is the first renewablecontent product added to the company’s line of 15 existing Instapak® foam formulations.
 

“At every opportunity, our packaging engineers work with our customers to balance the performance of their packaging materials with economic requirements and impact on the environment,” said Matt Thompson, Sealed Air’s product manager for Instapak® foam packaging. “We started decades ago with our efforts to redesign and provide source reduction for our customers packaging, and now Sealed Air is proud to announce that we have reached our goal of bringing a renewable-content Instapak® foam formulation to the market.”
 
Instapak® RC45 packaging foam offers the same benefits of other Instapak® foam materials. Shipped and stored as highly concentrated liquid product, Instapak® foams reduce both the number of trucks needed for distribution as well as storage space needed in the warehouse. Two liquid components are mixed on-site and on-demand to create cushions that can be used to provide superior cushioning, blocking and bracing, and void-fill protection.
For more information on Instapak® RC45 foam, call 1-800-648-9093 or visit www.instapak.com.
 
About Sealed Air
For fifty years, Sealed Air has been a leading global innovator and manufacturer of a wide range of packaging and performance-based materials and equipment systems that now serve an array of food, industrial, medical, and consumer applications. Operating in 51 countries, Sealed Air's international reach generated revenue of $4.2 billion in 2009. With widely recognized brands such as Bubble Wrap® brand cushioning, Jiffy® protective mailers, Instapak® foam-in-place systems and Cryovac® packaging technology, Sealed Air continues to identify new trends, foster new markets, and deliver innovative solutions to its customers. For more information about Sealed Air, please visit the Company's web site at www.sealedair.com.