Metallized BOPP Film

Yuhong's Metallized BOPP Film is made from high-quality biaxially oriented polypropylene film with a thin aluminum layer deposited on the surface through a vacuum metallization process. The film offers a bright metallic appearance, good moisture resistance, light blocking performance, and reliable flexibility for flexible packaging applications.

The film is suitable for food, personal care, pharmaceutical, electronics, and industrial packaging. It works well in printed, laminated, and high-speed packaging structures where appearance, barrier performance, and cost efficiency are all important.

Yuhong operates its own factory in Xiamen, established in 2008, with a 3,000-square-meter production area. We support OEM and ODM orders, including customized thickness, width, roll size, surface treatment, printing, core type, and export packaging.

What is the Metallized Film?

Metallized BOPP Film is a BOPP base film coated with an extremely thin aluminum layer. This metallized surface helps reduce the transmission of moisture, oxygen, and light while giving the package a clean silver metallic finish.

Compared with plain BOPP film, the metallized film provides better barrier protection and stronger shelf appeal. Compared with aluminum foil, it is lighter, more flexible, easier to process, and more cost-effective for many flexible packaging applications.

Key Features

Provides excellent moisture barrier, oxygen barrier, and light-blocking properties for packaged contents.

Features a brilliant metallic luster, making it ideal for creating highly attractive retail packaging.

Offers good flexibility and tensile strength, meeting the demands of high-speed packaging production lines.

The surface is flat and smooth, facilitating printing, lamination, and further processing.

It offers superior crease resistance compared to traditional aluminum foil.

Suitable for packaging food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and industrial products.

Light blocking metallized film can be customized in thickness, width, roll diameter, core specifications, and packaging methods.

Manufactured at Yuhong's in-house factory and subjected to batch-by-batch quality inspections.

Applications:

Food Packaging

The metallized film is commonly used for snacks, nuts, biscuits, tea, coffee, confectionery, frozen food, and other dry food packaging. It helps block moisture and oxygen, reduce flavor loss, slow oil oxidation, and protect light-sensitive products.

Pharmaceutical Packaging

The film can be used for pharmaceutical sachets, bulk medicine packaging, blister base film structures, and protective packaging for medical consumables. Its barrier performance helps reduce moisture exposure and external contamination during storage and transportation.

Cosmetics Packaging

The metallized film is suitable for facial mask pouches, skincare sample packs, gift boxes, and laminated cosmetic packaging. The metallic finish improves product presentation while helping reduce fragrance loss and ingredient evaporation.

Electronic Product Packaging

For electronic components, chips, circuit boards, and precision accessories, the metallized film can be used as moisture-resistant outer packaging. Anti-static treatment can be customized according to application requirements.

Industrial Product Packaging

The film is also used for precision parts, hardware components, non-woven fabric rolls, and high-end building materials. It provides dust resistance, moisture protection, and a clean metallic packaging appearance for industrial goods.

Product Specifications

Note: Specifications can be adjusted according to application, printing method, lamination structure, and packaging machine requirements.

Metallized Film vs. Metallized PET Film Comparison

For most snack, tea, coffee, confectionery, and daily-use packaging, the metallized film is a practical choice because it offers a good balance of barrier performance, appearance, flexibility, and cost. For applications requiring higher heat resistance or stronger dimensional stability, metallized PET may be more suitable.

Customization Options

Yuhong supports customized metallized film according to your packaging process and end-use requirements.

Thickness: 15-70 microns.

Width: customized up to 3200 mm.

Surface treatment: metallized surface, printing, lamination-ready treatment.

Roll size: customized roll diameter and length.

Paper core: 3 inch or 6 inch.

Printing: custom color and logo printing available.

Packaging: woven bag, carton, pallet, or export packaging.

Functional options: moisture barrier, light blocking, anti-static, high gloss, or special lamination performance.

FAQ

How Does the Metallized Film Protect Food?

It protects food by providing excellent barrier properties against moisture, oxygen, light, and external contaminants. The thin metal layer helps maintain food freshness, reduce flavor loss, and extend the product's shelf life.

Is the metal layer safe for food contact?

Yes, food-grade Vacuum metallized BOPP film is safe for use in food packaging. Products can be tested according to SGS inspection requirements and comply with RoHS and REACH regulations.

Why use the metallized film instead of regular aluminum foil?

Compared to aluminum foil, the metallized film is lighter, more flexible, and offers better value for money. It combines a shiny metallic appearance and good barrier properties with excellent printability and packaging processability. Unlike regular aluminum foil, the metallized film is less prone to creasing, making it suitable for high-speed flexible packaging production lines.

Storage and Shelf Life?

High barrier metallized film should be stored in a clean, dry, and cool warehouse, away from direct sunlight, high temperatures, humidity, and chemical contamination. Keep the film in its original packaging before use to prevent exposure to dust and moisture. Under proper storage conditions, the shelf life is approximately 12 months, though the specific duration may vary depending on the film's structure, thickness, surface treatment, and storage environment.

Can light damage it?

Avoid strong light, especially direct sunlight and UV exposure, as these can affect the film surface, the performance of the metalized layer, and the appearance of the packaging. To ensure optimal results, the metallized film should be stored away from light and heat. The metalized layer helps block light and protect light-sensitive foods.

Why Choose Our Factory

Our in-house factory, established in 2008, features a 3,000-square-meter production facility equipped with advanced extrusion, winding, slitting, and in-line thickness control systems.

Every batch of Food packaging metallized BOPP film undergoes comprehensive testing for tensile strength, elongation, puncture resistance, adhesion, and aging resistance.

We are ISO 9001:2015 certified and comply with various standards, including SGS, RoHS, and REACH.

We support customized solutions based on different packaging requirements. Such as covering thickness, width, color, printing, core type, and packaging options.