What the materials cover

These presentation materials accompany a basic crash course on plastic packaging films for newcomers and staff moving up in film manufacturing, converting and packing, with a focus on food. They explain which plastics are used for film packaging, how films are produced and which typical properties they have. Further content covers test methods for describing film properties and an overview of important film classes. Food packaging serves as a practical example for discussing these properties. The materials also address film processing as well as packaging applications and machinery, illustrated with examples from practice. They suit specialists from production, development, packaging technology, quality assurance, purchasing, sales and marketing who want to refresh or extend their basic knowledge.