Top and Bottom Web Flexible Packaging Solutions
Top and bottom web flexible films that combine for vacuum, MAP, and tray/lid food packaging solutions.
- Forming Films
Thermoforming rollstock films that are used to create flexible and semi-rigid packaging compartments.
- Non-Forming Films
Rollstock films that are used to create lids for vacuum, MAP, and tray/lid applications. Also called non-forming webs or top webs.
Overview
Enhance your food packaging solutions with CRYOVAC® brand forming and non-forming films, expertly designed to offer barrier or non-barrier properties, innovative seal configurations, and high-visibility optics.
Our films not only extend shelf life but also ensure your products stand out in the case. Available in both standard and deep draw formats, our forming films are engineered to work seamlessly with non-forming films in vacuum and MAP thermoforming equipment. Utilizing molds and vacuum pumps, these films create consistently shaped food packages that boast air-tight seals, ensuring freshness and quality.
Complementing our forming films, our non-forming films excel in optical and printing characteristics, making them ideal for branding and product visibility. These films can be custom-tailored with our CRYOVAC® brand Multi-Seal FlexLok® technology, offering easy-open or resealable configurations to enhance user convenience.
Choose CRYOVAC® brand forming & non-forming films for reliable packaging solutions that protect your products while elevating their presentation in the marketplace.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In the packaging industry, a web is a continuous roll of a flexible material such as paper, film, or foil, that will go through the process of being formed, converted, or printed.Bottom web typically describes the material used for the bottom of a 2-part package. Top web typically describes the material that covers the package, such as piece of lid film. Web materials are typically used for high-volume, high-speed packaging operations.
2-part flexible packaging is used in the food sector as well as pharmaceutical, medical, industrial product and consumer goods industries. Based on the type of equipment used and the item being packaged, forming and non-forming webs can be made of the same or entirely different materials and have different forms – such as a smooth, tight lid adhered to a semi-rigid tray or thermoformed flexible bottom.
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