Facts & Facets to Learn about BOPP Films

 Being a variant of polypropylene or PP, BOPP implies biaxially-oriented polypropylene. It’s a printing surface that can be manufactured into stickers, labels, textiles, and a slew of plastic materials and parts.

BOPP is polypropylene, which is stretched flat. It is oriented with the system stretching in two directions. Thus, the biaxially-oriented or BO becomes a part of BOPP. Three common processes can be practiced to make BOPP –simultaneous tenter frame orientation, double bubble process, and tenter frame sequential process.

Common Applications of BOPP Films

BOPP holds the importance to have PP plastic’s properties like ruggedness, moisture resistance, fatigue resistance, low toxicity, flexible finishing, and controllable transparency (or translucency). They make easily-printable and long-lasting stickers & labels, while the off-the-shelf adhesives cannot get attached to the material. It’s perfect for food-safe and long-lasting labels. Mentioned below are the common applications of BOPP films:

●       Food packaging labels

●       Plastic ropes

●       Containers

●       Medical-grade plastics

●       Performance textiles

●       Laboratory items

Reasons Why BOPP Is Great for Labels

Without decorating, these BOPP labels can be immersed in the ice-water and even subjected to high-humidity. BOPP Labels made are extremely tough, and materials provide outstanding resistance to fatigue in comparison to other label materials. These labels comprise an unusual resistance to bases, acids, and solvents.

BOPP films are made metal-colored, white, or even crystal clear. The ability to create clear BOPP films results in transparent label creations. In this manner, the content becomes clearer to get viewed. BOPP films can also build waterproof labels, provided the right use of inks & adhesives.

For food packaging, BOPP offers a host of advantages. Besides being non-toxic, the material is resistant to acids and solvents. Many beverage and food items are acidic, including tomatoes, coffee, citrus, etc. Although these items don’t come in contact with labels in general, they have limited contacts during the manufacturing process. With BOPP films, this issue gets mitigated. Besides, using BOPP films for biscuit packaging is extremely environment-friendly.

BOPP films have acquired critical acclaims from both end-users as well as manufacturers. Currently, it has garnered momentum in the packaging arena of the 21^st century.