Packaging & cold chain
Grain, flour & butter packaging (HFPO film)
High-filled polyolefin film with a paper feel, grease and water resistance, for food packaging.
- Industry
- Industrial
- End use
- Packaging & cold chain
- Material
- Film
- Technology
- Cast film
Overview
HFPO (high-filled polyolefin) is made from polypropylene or polyethylene compounded with natural minerals in various degrees of fineness. It is taint-free, grease- and waterproof and has a paper-like feel with good foldability and printability. Compared with pure polymers it is a twice-as-effective barrier to light and water vapour, so it can replace laminate solutions such as PE / paper. Moderately filled film also has improved tear resistance and dart drop.
Felix states that the compound and film hold EU and FDA approval for food contact.
Performance characteristics
- Excellent dead-fold
- Increased stiffness
- Tear and puncture resistance
- Vapour and light barrier
- Mono-material, recyclable package
- Freezable, microwaveable, dishwasher-safe
- High printing quality
- Less dependency on polyolefin price swings
Applications & typical end uses
- Packaging wrap
- Labels
- Cover leaf
- FFS bags
- Laminating film
- Display signs
- Flour packaging
- Butter packaging
Standards & test references
- Food-contact approvals EU · FDA · BGA (as stated by Felix)
