Rollstock Film
Continuous rolls of printed or clear polyethylene film for vertical and horizontal form-fill-seal machines.
Film on a Roll for Form-Fill-Seal Lines
Rollstock is polyethylene film supplied on a roll instead of as pre-made bags. Your form-fill-seal machine forms the bag, fills it and seals it in one step, so it suits high-volume lines packing produce, ice, wood pellets, feed and frozen foods.
We supply single sheet (SS) rolls, slit-on-edge (SOE) rolls and lay-flat tubing in custom web widths to match your machine, clear, pigmented or printed with full-colour flexographic graphics registered to your bag length. That includes SOE rollstock for Hamer bagging machines.
Features & Options
Single Sheet (SS)
A single layer of film on the roll, sometimes called U-film.
Slit on Edge (SOE)
Film slit on one edge, sometimes called J-film, for machines that form the bag around a collar.
Registered Printing
Up to 8 colours, with eye marks so graphics land in the same place on every bag.
Custom Widths & Gauges
Web width, gauge and core size matched to your equipment.
Common Applications
Produce
Potatoes, carrots, onions and other bagged vegetables.
Ice
Bagged ice on automated baggers.
Wood Pellets & Feed
Heavy-gauge SOE film for open-mouth bagging machines.
Frozen Foods
Vegetables, poultry and other frozen products.
Rollstock vs. Pre-Made Bags
Rollstock makes sense once your volume justifies a form-fill-seal machine. The film ships on a roll instead of as finished bags, so you aren’t paying for bag-making and you get far more bags per pallet.
| Rollstock | Pre-made bags | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | High-volume automated lines | Hand-packing, wicket packing, lower volumes |
| Equipment | VFFS, HFFS or open-mouth baggers | Wicket, hand or semi-automatic filling |
| Bag size | Set on the machine; one roll can run several lengths | Fixed when the bag is made |
| Print placement | Registered with eye marks | Fixed on each bag |
Film Formats We Produce
- Single sheet (SS), one layer of film, formed into a tube on the machine. Common on vertical form-fill-seal lines.
- Slit on edge (SOE), film folded and slit along one edge. Common on horizontal machines and open-mouth baggers.
- Lay-flat tubing: a seamless tube of film on a roll, for bags sealed at one or both ends on your line.
Printing That Lands in the Right Place
We print rollstock on a central-impression flexographic press in up to 8 colours, in Pantone or CMYK. Eye marks are printed on every repeat so your machine’s photo-eye cuts and seals each bag in the same spot. Print repeats run from 14.25″ to 36″.
What We Need to Quote
- Web width, or finished bag width and length
- Film format: finished bag, SS, SOE or lay-flat
- Gauge, or the product and fill weight so we can recommend one
- Clear, pigmented or printed, and number of colours
Our Roll OD, Footage and Film Weight calculators help you work out roll size before you ask.
Industries We Supply
- Potato, carrot and onion packaging
- Bagged ice
- Pet food, seed and feed
- Poultry and frozen foods
- Chemical and industrial
- Wood pellets and mulch
- Soil, rock and landscape products