What is BOPP packaging tape and what is it used for?
BOPP stands for biaxially oriented polypropylene. The film is stretched in two directions during manufacture, which aligns its molecular structure and gives strength along the roll and across it, the reason BOPP became the standard film for carton sealing.
Mr.Bond® BOPP Packaging Tape is suitable for carton box sealing and stationery use, in light, medium and heavy-duty grades. It runs at 42 microns, in standard widths from 12mm to 96mm, with custom widths available on request.
Lengths run from 50m up to 1000m, with the long rolls intended for automatic dispensing machines rather than hand dispensers. The same BOPP range is offered under the group sister brand at Prateek® BOPP packaging tapes.
Which grade, width and length should I order?
Grade follows carton weight. Light, medium and heavy-duty grades exist because a stationery carton and a heavy export carton do not ask the same thing of a tape.
Width follows the flap. Standard widths run from 12mm through to 96mm, the narrow sizes for stationery and light sealing and the wider ones for carton flaps that need real coverage across the joint.
Length follows the dispenser. Hand-held dispensers take shorter rolls; long rolls up to 1000m are for automatic dispensing machines, where fewer roll changes means fewer stoppages on the line.
Can BOPP tape be printed with our logo?
Yes. Printed tapes can carry company logos and messages in up to 5 colours as a custom order. Standard message tapes are also available with wording such as Handle with Care and For Export.
A printed tape does two things at once: it seals the carton and it labels it. Anything that would otherwise go on a separate sticker, brand name, handling instruction, export marking, travels along the sealed seam instead, which is also the seam anyone opening the carton has to break.
Available colours include transparent, brown, milky white, red, green, blue, black and more. Send your artwork, colour count and volume requirement for a quote.