Flexible materials for FFS, pouches, header bags and 4SS packages
PA/PE | PA/PP/LLDPE | PP/PE | PA/PP | EVA/Surlyn (R)/EVA | PE/COC/PE | |
Hard/Rigid Product | Yes | Yes | Puncture | Brittle | Yes | OK |
Soft Product | Cost | OK | Yes | OK (cost?) | Cost | Yes |
Abrasion Resistance | OK | Yes | Average | OK | Yes | Yes |
Puncture Resistance | Yes | Yes | Poor | Average | Yes | OK |
Clarity | Yes | Yes | Average | Poor | Yes | Yes |
Shallow Forming (<25mm) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Medium Forming (25-50mm) | Yes | Yes | Average | Poor | Yes | Yes |
Deep Forming (>50mm) | Yes | OK | Thins | Reverts | Yes | Yes |
Seal to Uncoated non-woven polyolefin | No | Sometimes | No | Yes | No | No |
Peelable Seal to uncoated paper | Yes | Yes | Average | Yes steam | No | No |
Radiation | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Ethylene Oxide | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Steam | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |