Flexible packaging made from BOPP film: what is it and what is made from it?

Modern consumers are very demanding when choosing goods. And packaging plays an important role in this. Customers expect a quality product to be packaged in a lightweight, unbreakable, aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-handle material that provides good protection. BOPP film fully meets all these requirements. It is not for nothing that this is one of the most popular packaging materials today.

BOPP film: some details

BOPP is an abbreviation for “biaxially oriented polypropylene”. To make it, homopolymer polypropylene is mixed with various additives, fillers and pigments to reduce the coefficient of friction of the film and increase the rate of dissipation of static charge, as well as giving the film different shades.

During the production process, polypropylene film is stretched in both directions to create biaxial stretched material. This increases rigidity, tensile strength, provides excellent optical characteristics and good barrier properties for water vapor.

Advantages of BOPP

The use of BOPP in the packaging segment is very popular due to a number of advantages:

• the material is very light, offers a large surface area per unit weight, which makes it extremely cost-effective;
• the material can be tailored to different customer needs and offers different combinations of optical, barrier and mechanical properties;
• compared to other packaging films, BOPP has a low moisture penetration rate , which increases shelf life and maintains the freshness of moisture-sensitive food products;
• BOPP is inert, so it can be safely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. It is also suitable for conventional sterilization methods used in modern industry;
• High gloss and excellent clarity provide good aesthetic appeal. The material is excellent for packaging that displays the contents;
• The slip characteristics allow the material to be used on a variety of high-performance packaging, wrapping and filling machines;
• High tensile strength, low elongation and heat shrinkage make it suitable for processing on high-speed printing presses, coating/laminating machines and other finishing equipment;
• the material is recyclable and does not emit hazardous gases during processing.

BOPP films therefore have many properties that are suitable and beneficial for food packaging. BOPP packaging is very durable, guarantees the safety of the goods, looks very attractive and offers excellent profitability. You can order such packaging in just a few minutes by making a couple of mouse clicks on the website Wolf Printing House.