Innovia Films is launching the first of its new range of transparent high-barrier packaging films, Propafilm Strata SL. It has been designed to be a standalone mono filmic solution or for use in laminate constructions that are recyclable.

Labelexpo Americas 2018 will mark the first time that Innovia Films’ expanded range of labeling products will be put on display.

On the heels of its Treofan Americas acquisition, Innovia Films has rebranded to unify a new, larger company that better reflects its larger global footprint and more closely aligns its branding with its parent company, CCL.

Innovia Films is launching a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP)  Rayoface facestock film specifically designed for reclosable applications, such as wet wipes. 

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. 

Innovia Films has introduced a new high-speed BOPP film, Propafilm REF, a new co-extruded material that compliments the company’s already well-established range of high-speed materials and increases the options for its customers.

Following the completion of CCL Industries’ acquisition of the Innovia Group of companies on the Feb. 28, it was announced that Wayne Middleton would assume the position of managing director of Innovia Films UK.

CCL Industries Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Innovia Group for $810 million ($1.13 billion Canadian) from The Smithfield Group, Innovia’s managing shareholder. 

Innovia Films’ specialty biaxially-oriented polypropylene films, known as Propafilm, are protecting one of the United Kingdom’s best-selling teas, Yorkshire Tea.

For a company to stay in business for 83 years, it has to continually adapt and evolve. At Innovia Films, a Cumbria, England-headquartered global supplier of in-mold label materials, metalized substrates and pressure-sensitive films, the company is doing just that.