World BOPP film use tops 3m tonnes in 2001
BOPP films topped 3m tonnes for the first time in 2001, according to the latest research from Applied Market Information. In the past 25 years the market for BOPP films has mushroomed from a specialist replacement for cellulose film accounting for a volume usage of less than quarter of a million tonnes, to one of the leading flexible plastics packaging materials, the report says. Having rapidly replaced cellulose films in applications such as crisps, snacks, confectionery and tobacco packaging, BOPP films have gone on to develop new markets in areas such as pasta and noodle packaging.