Plastic
packaging films are high performance materials, which play an essential part in modern
life. They are mostly used in packaging applications along with some
applications in agricultural, medical and engineering fields. Plastic packaging films
are perfectly stable, easy to work with and can be lighter than tissue.
These films offer several packaging solutions and are used to produce:
- Single-resin, single-layer packages, like the produce bags which are
used to carry fruits or vegetables.
- Multi-resin, multi-layer packages. They are like the boil-in bags.
- Multi-material packages: They represent blister packs.
Plastic films finds several packaging options categorized
as food packaging, non-food packaging and non-packaging application. The
details of the packaging options are :
These are used for packaging of pouch,bags,rolls, sheets,
foils etc. Food packaging includes bags for bread and rolls, in-store bags
for produce and bulk foods, candy wrap and bags, bag-in-a-box etc.
This include industrial liners which can be used for
everything from tote boxes to large drums to bubble packaging, shipping
sacs, mailing envelopes, dry cleaning bags, diaper overwrap, stretch wrap
and more.
This includes variety of stuff like trash bags, leaf and
yard waste bags, agricultural films, can liners, construction materials,
medical applications (e.g. sterile wraps, IV bags, biomedical waste bags)
and other consumer products like household plastic wrap and diaper liners.
