Heat Shrink Film
Polyethylene shrink film that conforms tightly around products when heat is applied.
Tight, Clean Wraps with Heat
Heat shrink film is polyethylene film that shrinks tightly around a product when it passes through a heat tunnel or is heated with a heat gun. It bundles products such as cases of bottled water and bagged flour into tight, stable packs, and protects them in storage and shipping.
Our shrink film starts at 1.0 mil, the heavier gauges suited to bundling and protecting heavy products. It is available single-wound or centrefold, and we’ll help you choose a film that suits your tunnel, heat source and product.
Features & Options
Single-Wound or Centrefold
Film formats to suit sleeve wrappers, L-bar sealers and bundlers.
Matched to Your Line
Gauge and format chosen to suit your equipment and product.
1.0 Mil and Up
Shrink film from 1.0 mil, with heavier gauges for heavy bundles. We don’t make thin shrink film under 1.0 mil.
Protective
Keeps dust, moisture and handling damage off products.
Common Applications
Beverage Bundles
Cases of bottled water and drinks.
Multi-Packs
Bundled multi-packs of heavier products.
Flour & Dry Goods
Bundles of bagged flour, sugar and similar products.
Protection
Products in storage and shipping.
How Shrink Bundling Works
Shrink film is wrapped loosely around a group of products, sealed, then passed through a heat tunnel or hit with a heat gun. The film pulls tight as it heats, locking the products into one stable bundle. A tight bundle stacks better on a pallet, resists shifting in transit and keeps dust and moisture off the product underneath.
Shrink performance depends on three things working together: the film’s gauge, how far it shrinks in each direction, and the heat your tunnel delivers. We’ll help you choose a film that suits your line.
Choosing a Gauge
We produce shrink film from 1.0 mil up. We don’t make thin, sub-1.0 mil shrink film, which is mainly used for light retail overwrap. Our film is built for bundling heavier products, where tear resistance and holding force matter more than clarity.
| Application | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Cases of bottled water and drinks | Heavier gauge to hold weight and resist punctures at the bottle caps |
| Bagged flour, sugar and dry goods | Enough holding force to keep soft bags from slumping on the pallet |
| Multi-packs of heavy products | Gauge sized to the bundle weight and your equipment |
Not sure which gauge fits? Send us your bundle weight, dimensions and equipment, and we’ll recommend a starting point. We can send samples to run on your line before you commit.
Single-Wound or Centrefold
- Single-wound is one layer of film on the roll. It suits sleeve wrappers and bundlers that wrap film around the product from one roll, or from top and bottom rolls.
- Centrefold is folded in half lengthwise on the roll. It suits L-bar sealers, where the product slides into the fold and the open sides are sealed.
Made in Canada
Our shrink film is extruded in-house in Western Canada on the same lines as our food packaging, under a BRC-certified quality system. Our extruders produce single-sheet film up to 138″ wide, so web width is set to your machine rather than to a stock list.
Related Products
- Rollstock Film: printed or clear film on a roll for form-fill-seal machines
- Poly Bags: pre-made bags in custom sizes and gauges
- Bakery packaging: flour and dry goods packaging
- Film Weight Calculator and Roll OD Calculator: estimate roll weight and diameter