Technology's Edge September 2010

The new T/S shrink-film products can achieve shrinkage levels of as much as 45 percent at temperatures of up to 100°C [212°F], and even up to 65 percent at temperatures between 100 and 120°C [212 to 248 F]. The significantly higher final shrinkage of the MD Styrolux films means that it is also possible to tightly shrink-label complex shapes such as contoured bottles that have large radius differences, a realm that up until now had been the exclusive domain of TD sleeve films.