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Includes directory of film supply companies - Industry Overview - Directory
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Film trends.
By all accounts, film substrates in the packaging industry are becoming the product of choice. Visibility on store shelves is the mantra of the product marketers, and the characteristics of film give a label advantages over other substrates in many regards. Moreover, they are durable, offering resistance to the elements and longer life to the package.
Global volume of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films reached above three million tons in 2001. "In the last 25 years, the market for BOPP films has mushroomed from a specialist replacement for cellulose film, accounting for a volume usage of less than a quarter million tons to one of the leading flexible plastics packaging materials," says a new report from AMI Consulting, Bristol, England. And that's just BOPP. Polyester, polyethylene, vinyl, synthetic papers (which are film based) and more are on the fro...See the full content of this document
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