Paper & Packaging

Two ICI businesses - National Starch and ICI Paints - manufacture products used in the paper and packaging markets.

ICI Paints is a world leader in sales of internal and external coatings for food and beverage cans. It manufactures and distributes a broad product offering of packaging coatings and has leading market positions in mature and emerging markets.

National Starch has the following paper and packaging applications:
Wet-end starch used in papermaking, increasing strength and productivity in acid, neutral or alkaline processes. Waterborne and hot melt adhesives are used for packaging and labelling foods, beverages, household products, soaps and detergents. Modified carrier starches and resins which provide a high degree of water resistance, strength and improved productivity in the manufacture of corrugated boxes.