Polypropylene
Cartons and Packs
The use of Polypropylene (Polyprop or PP) as a packaging
medium has been developing in the more recent years.
The traditional method of manufacture using Polypropylene
has been injection moulding, but now there are a variety of
finishes available in sheets for conventional cartons and
envelope style packs. These finishes provide an attractive
exterior finish, but slightly obscure the clarity of appearance
of the contents.
We are able to supply packs which are assembled using physical
locking methods, either D locks or postal tabs, and these
will be supplied cut and creased for you to assemble as required.
As the gluing of Polypropylene can only be done on high
tech machinery suited to large batch quantities, we are not
able to offer either 4 corner glued boxes or cylinders in
Polypropylene.
At the moment all Polypropylene designs are bespoke, as
the material cannot be run on tooling cutters designed for
thinner PVC.
Polypropylene does not yet possess the clarity of PVC, nor
the stiffness, consequently it requires a thicker film to
be used.
For example where we would use a 240 micron film for a standard
carton in PVC, we would have to use a 500 micron Polypropylene
film to achieve the same characteristics.
Because of this thicker film use, it has, so far, been used
more for larger packs where the feel of thickness gives a
greater feeling and perception of strength and quality.
Polypropylene packaging material can be foil block, or print
decorated in the same manner as PVC; it can also be recycled
just as easily.
Other Products:
Polypropylene
Boxes - Moulded Polypropylene
Packaging
Cartons - Folded Transparent PVC
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