Industries & Markets
Flexible Packaging
From food pouches and shrink films to heavy-duty sacks and protective packaging, flexible packaging needs to balance product protection, appearance and efficient production.
Plastribution offers a range of polymers for flexible packaging, supported by practical technical advice. Whether you’re looking to improve sealing performance, increase film toughness or explore a thinner packaging structure, we can help you identify materials suited to your project.
Materials for a Range of Flexible Packaging Applications
Food Packaging
Tough, flexible films for bulk products and demanding handling conditions.
Labels and Branded Packaging
Bubble wrap and Cushioning Films
Compostable materials and biodegradation additives for food waste, bags and packaging.
Suitability depends on the specific grade, film structure and conditions of use.
Our technical team can help you assess options and review the relevant supplier information.
Our Flexible Packaging Polymer Range
LDPE
A versatile material for flexible packaging, with options for food films, bags, liners, labels, shrink films and bubble wrap.
Our LDPE portfolio includes Carmel’s Ipethene range, with options for blown and cast film applications.
We can help you explore the balance of flexibility, clarity and processing behaviour your packaging requires.
LLDPE
LLDPE offers options for films where toughness, flexibility and resistance to damage are priorities, including stretch film, heavy-duty bags and multilayer packaging.
We can help you explore the balance of flexibility, clarity and processing behaviour your packaging requires.
Metallocene PE
Our portfolio includes Exceed from ExxonMobil and Lumicene from TotalEnergies, providing material options for demanding flexible packaging applications.
These ranges offer opportunities to tailor film toughness, sealing performance, clarity and processing behaviour, including where reducing film thickness is a priority.
EVA
PP Film Materials
Polypropylene options for cast and lamination films, including materials listed for packaging in the life-science market.
We can help you assess the balance of stiffness, appearance and processing requirements, alongside any specialist demands associated with the intended application.
Tie-Layer Resins
Tie-layer resins help bond different polymers within a multilayer film, allowing materials with distinct functions to work together in one packaging structure.
Our portfolio includes options for selected PP & PE based multilayer constructions, incorporating EVOH or polyamide.
Bio-Based Materials
Explore alternatives to fossil-based feedstocks with our range of bio-based polymers, including bio-based polyethylene, alongside seaweed and milk-based materials.
Our team can help you assess options against your packaging’s performance and processing requirements.
Compostable Materials
Our portfolio includes/ materials for applications where compostability offers a suitable end-of-life route.
We can help you explore material options and review the composting conditions and certification requirements relevant to your finished packaging.
Biodegradation Technologies
We supply Polymateria’s Biotransformation additives, designed to enable biodegradation of selected materials if they escape into the natural environment, under specified conditions.
Our technical team can help you assess suitability for your application, including performance during use and the evidence needed to support biodegradation claims.
Looking for finished film materials?
Plasfilms, part of the Plastribution Group of companies, can supply finished films for packaging, labelling and industrial applications.
If you’re looking to source film materials rather than the raw materials, the Plasfilms team can help you explore their range and discuss your requirements.
Technical Support for Flexible Packaging Applications
Successful packaging depends on how the material, film structure and production process work together.
Our technical team can help you compare options, interpret supplier data and address processing challenges.
Ways our Team Can Support:
Material Selection
We’ll work with you to understand what your packaging needs to achieve, from stiffness, clarity and flexibility to tear resistance, puncture resistance and sealing behaviour.
For multilayer films, we can help you explore material options for the different layers and their roles within the overall structure.
Sealing Performance
A reliable seal is essential to pack performance. We can help you assess sealing-material options against your film construction, sealing conditions and production requirements.
Where an easy-open or peelable seal is needed, we’ll help you investigate materials specifically suited to that requirement.
Processing Support
From blown and cast film to extrusion coating and coextrusion, material choice affects how a film behaves during manufacture.
Our team offers practical support with material selection, blending and processing questions, including the influence of slip and anti-block additives on film handling and subsequent conversion.
Downgauging
Reducing film thickness can lower material consumption, provided the pack retains the performance it needs.
We can help you explore materials and formulations for downgauging, balancing potential reductions against strength, sealing, handling and production requirements.
Sustainability Considerations
Whether you’re looking to reduce material use, incorporate bio-based polymers, improve recyclability or explore compostable materials and biodegradation technologies, our team can help you assess the options.
We’ll work with you to balance your sustainability objectives with packaging performance, processing requirements and the intended end-of-life route.
Food-contact and Specialist Requirements
For food-contact or other sensitive applications, material selection needs to reflect the intended contents and conditions of use.
We can help you obtain and interpret relevant supplier documentation to support your assessment of the chosen material and finished packaging.
Let's Discuss your Flexible Packaging Project!
Developing a new film, reviewing an existing formulation or looking to improve packaging performance?
Tell us about your application, production process and priorities. Our team can help you explore material options and work through the next steps
