The FFS film manufacturing process involves two stages:

     
• Extrusion- the pre-mixed resin is transformed in tubular film by a blow extruder.

     
• Printing and finishing – the extruded film is printed by rotogravure, passes thru gusseting and embossing procedures and is finally rewinded.

The FFS film is customized on the following characteristic:

• Film width
• Gusset width
• Thickness
• Film color
• Embossing
• Quantity of printing colors
• Maximum and minimum diameter of the reel
• Internal and external diameter for the supporting tube

We use the ink-jet continuous lot identification process, which allows us to track all the processing steps and the raw materials used.

The film is supplied in reels, packed in carton and stretch film. Iron or wood pallets support the reels, each with the approximate weight of 360kg with 1,400 mm of diameter. A 40 ft container will ship from 14 t to 22 t of film, depending on the reel diameter. A 12 t truck carries about 9 t of film and a 24.5 t one carries 18 t. Each shipment carries its Technical Quality Certificate, recording the main data verified for that lot.