Aug. 25, 2025
Packaging & Printing
No one wants to end up with roll stock film that does not meet your specific requirements causing you to waste money and time. Today, we will explore how to choose the right roll stock film by providing an overview of film types, materials used in manufacturing for optimal shelf life, and how to apply the available film size specification to your rollstock machine and packaging priorities.
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Purchasing roll stock film can be stressful as this line of food packaging is generally more expensive due to the function of the fully automatic machinery to produce packages at a large quantity. Contrary to the process of choosing the right bags for chamber vacuum seal machines, you are purchasing entire rolls that are much more expensive. Therefore, being aware of the available rollstock film options will make the road to finding suitable supplies easier and allow you to apply them to the specifications of your individual packaging experiences. Furthermore, become educated on the product materials so you can judge for yourself what best fits the quality you demand!
Forming film is located at the infeed end of your rollstock machine. According to its name, forming film goes through the process of re-shaping into pockets for the food to be placed using heat and air compression. Forming films are occasionally called flexible packaging films, but are not synonymous.
Easy-to-peel films are an alternative to non-forming films. They are manufactured to be easily peeled from the bottom forming-film layer. A peeling layer divider set is required to accomplish this. So when the seal plate lowers, it seals across the corner. Now the packaging is suited to open easily!
We are proud to claim every confidence in providing top-quality rollstock film packaging materials with the appropriate variety of options. Why? We have been specializing in vacuum packaging since . With over 52 years of ever-growing knowledge and experience, our packaging products have been constructed and refined, producing form fill seal supplies that are customized based on the request of our customers.
Our rollstock films are manufactured with the perfect 9-layer, co-extruded composition to meet all your food packaging priorities. Co-extrusion is a process where multiple layers are pressed together into one to create a laminar structure to produce all of the features necessary for superior puncture resistance and barrier properties to maximize shelf life.
Superior oxygen and moisture barriers
Excellent sealing properties
Fewer blowouts with our proprietary formula
Film remains flexible even during deep-freeze temperatures due to the “Soft Feel” property
EVOH (ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer) is found in all our high barrier films and will work with most any packaging application. If shelf life is not of great concern or if all your products are being sold frozen then you may want to consider a medium barrier film. These films are considerably less expensive because they do not contain the costly EVOH layer.
Forming Films: Typically constructed of Polypropylene, EVOH (high barrier), and polyethylene
Non-Forming Films: Typically constructed of Nylon, EVOH (high barrier), and polyethylene
Custom Printed Film: Typically constructed of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and polyethylene
At the initial purchase of your rollstock machine, your manufacturer should provide a film spec that describes the film sizes and tolerances appropriate for your machine. The roll web and diameter are the essential dimensions for selecting the film size. The film spec displays the web specified to match the web width of your machine with a range of +/- 1 or 2 mm.
Chances are, you have already determined the correct film size for your rollstock packaging machine. Whatever the film specifications are for your machine, JVR Industries provides standard and custom web widths to fit your requirements. However, as a general rule, we highly recommend you request a test roll to ensure compatibility if you plan to transition to any new film supplier.
We carry 4-9 mil forming film as JVR Industries focuses more on flexible packaging applications. However, JVR can also supply customers with semi-rigid and rigid film structures. When choosing the thickness that fits your needs consider the following factors:
Feel free to us anytime or call us during our business hours with any questions that may arise! We look forward to helping you in any way we can that will make the vacuum packaging journey easier!
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Food packaging film is one of the most important flexible packaging films today. Cause this is the food contact packaging, and it is related to human health and safety.
But still there are many food manufacturers don’t know how to choose the right food packaging film, so the food production is not good from transportation and warranty time.
The demand for food packaging film is increasing rapidly today for below reasons:
Population Increase: The population increase will sure have food demand increase. Food demand increase will make food packaging increase. Food packaging increase will need food packaging film increase.
Food distribution globally: Due to the transportation development in ocean shipment, truck shipment, river shipment, and air freight shipment; the communications of human and goods are also having rapid development globally. Which means people in North EU can buy the products from South America in their local stores. Food packaging film is playing an important role in transportation and quality production.
Smaller packaging trend: As the society development, people would like to have different kinds of foods with smaller portions. So they can enjoy different kinds of foods with different nutrition.
Better Food packaging concept: Today people is having better food packaging concept. In most of the countries, people packed rise and suger in very big bag such as 50kg bag. And then selling kg by kg in market places. But today, the food manufacturer would prefer to have 1kg bag pack with their own logo printed on the bag, and sell them in the stores.
Instant food development: The development of instant food is very fast. And more and more people is not cooking themselves, but choose instant food instead. As we know all the instant food will need food packaging, in this case the demand for food packaging film is also increase.
Transportation protection: As we know one of the main reasons for food packaging film is to protect the food during transportation. A suitable packaging film will definitely protect the food well during transportation.
Food Quality Protection: The packaging will also need to protect the food quality to prolong shelf life. As we all know one thing very important when people buying food is too check the warranty time period. The main reason to make the food can last long in the warranty time period without losing quality is the food packaging. If it is necessary, you will need to choose high barrier packaging film to product the food from light, moisture, oxygen, etc.
Marketing: Marketing is also important for product branding. For example, you will need to super high transparent film to see through the pack products. You can also need a film with good printing capability.
Cost Saving: We all know that the higher quality the film, the better. But as a food manufacturer, we will also need to consider the film cost. So the best choice is to choose the film which can meet the requirement while with the lowest cost.
Sustainability is the core value for most of the film packaging company and food company. So we strongly recommend these food companies consider sustainability when they are selecting their food packaging film. Eco friendly packaging materials are always our first choice.
Reusable, recyclable and compostable are these packaging trends today. It is not very good to use reusable packaging for food. So we will need to focus on recyclable and compostable.
Compostable food packaging is mainly single layer PLA or paper. And paper/PLA for laminated film. But there is no high barrier function, and the printing on paper is not very high quality. So if you don’t require high barrier, and you don’t need good quality printing on the bag, then compostable is a good choice.
Recyclable packaging is dominating the sustainable film packaging today. No matter it is single layer, standard multi-layer, or high barrier multi-layer film, you can always find the right film proposal.
Especially when there is few compostable packaging collection service and composting facility, we will recommend the packaging company focus on recyclable packaging. And we will also recommend the food packaging to consider recyclable packaging first.
If you want to learn more, please visit our website Biodegradable packaging manufacturers.
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