What Is Cavitated Bopp?

Cavitated BOPP (Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene) is a type of film used in the food industry to manufacture packaging for ice creams, chocolate bars and bottle labels, among other things. The main feature of this film is the microcavitations – tiny cavities – that are created during film manufacture.

What is BOPP used for?

BOPP films are used in food packaging and are replacing cellophane in applications such as snack and tobacco packaging due to favorable properties and low cost (Fortilene Polypropylene Properties, Processing, and Design Manual, 1981; Goddard, 1993.

What does Bopp mean for stickers?

What Is BOPP? BOPP is a popular label material made of plastic. It stands for Biaxially-Oriented (BO) Polypropylene (PP). Biaxially-oriented refers to the production process that stretches the film over two directions, making it stronger and more transparent.

Marcus Vance

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