Innovia launches matte while IML film

With its specially formulated and printable matte surface, EUP60 has been engineered to give outstanding high-speed sheet feeding and adhesion for UV and oxidative inks. 

EUP60 is designed with unique features that make it suitable for any shape container or lid without risk of distortion. The new film is suitable for use on small-to-medium size, thin or thick wall PP or PE containers, providing a tactile ‘soft-touch’ finish after molding.  

It also means a finished, polyolefin mono-material container can be produced, making the final pack fully recyclable and meeting the Plastic Recyclers Europe packaging design recommendations.

‘As well as the technical performance of EUP60, we can produce reels for the customer that are longer than anything else in the marketplace,’ commented Alasdair McEwen, product manager for labels at Innovia Films. ‘More linear meters in a reel leads to fewer changeovers and improved printing efficiency, with printing speeds of up to 14,000 sheets per hour. This applies to either roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet conversion processes. Depending on their requirements, customers can choose either horizontal or large diameter vertical reel packing.’

The large-diameter rolls enable fewer roll changes and higher efficiencies for converters, as well as a reduction in packaging waste.

‘Our five-layer film technology allows us to produce this film with the optimum combination of yield, opacity, whiteness and printability, ensuring excellent off-press ink adhesion with either traditional or UV offset inks,’ concluded McEwen.