As you dig into labeling options for your product container, you’ll see one term pop up again and again: BOPP. It stands for biaxially oriented polypropylene, and it’s an incredibly popular label material.

The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5 percent per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.

Packaging challenges from two separate companies converged to drive Toray to develop a new portfolio of flexible packaging innovations — Torayfan Over-the-Mountain BOPP films. 

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., will feature advancements in three families of packaging films — Torayfan clear barrier BOPP, Torayfan white BOPP and Lumirror high barrier PET — at PACK EXPO 2018.

Cosmo Films has introduced a family of BOPP-based heat resistant (HR) films. The films have been engineered to work as printing layer replacing BOPET film in multi-layer laminates for various packaging applications in both food and non-food segments.

Innovia Films is refocusing its research and development efforts on high-barrier materials after a substantial investment in new assets, which will allow the company to produce a range of new BOPP products with optimum barrier performance. 

Toray Plastics (America), Inc.’s Torayfan Over the Mountain films received the 2018 Product Excellence award in the category of Coated, Laminated, or Metallized Product from the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators.

Canadian label manufacturer CCL industries will acquire the Treofan Americas business from Italian investor group M&C S.p.A., owner of Treofan Holdings Group GmbH, for $255 million.

Production has begun at Poligal’s new, €40 million plant in Skarbimierz, Poland, the manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and cast polypropylene (CPP) film announced Monday.

Toray Plastics (America) has developed the third generation of its Torayfan clear, high-barrier BOPP films.