Nº D-11163
Instant coffee, sugar, collagen, electrolytes — back-sealed stick, tear across.
Made for: Tea & coffee, Pharma & supplements.
Sample printed on OPP / MPET / PE laminate (metallized) 0.1 mm, gloss lamination; style: pillow pack (instant noodles, snacks, candy).
Sample size 30 × 10 × 130 mm.
A pillow pack (flow wrap) is sealed along the back and at both ends — the pack of instant noodles, sweets and crisps; it runs on high-speed lines and is the cheapest per pack.
Yes, commercial use included; Free adds a watermark grid at 1K, Pro exports 4K without it.
Yes — from the 30 × 10 × 130 mm sample or your own size, with the dieline redrawn.
Yes, with Pro: the die files (SVG, PDF / AI, DXF / CF2) and the CMYK print PDF; designing on the die is free.
The sample is OPP / MPET / PE laminate (metallized) 0.1 mm with gloss lamination, on a dieline drawn at the size you type.
A pillow pack is formed on the packing line from a roll of film: a horizontal flow-wrapper or vertical form-fill-seal machine wraps the film into a tube, seals it along the back (fin seal), then crimps and cuts the two ends with serrated jaws. There's no dieline cutting or pre-made pouch — the pack's shape comes from the product and the cut-off length. Snacks are usually nitrogen-flushed before sealing so the pack stays taut, protects fragile chips and slows rancidity.
A 2–3 ply laminate: an 18–20 micron OPP print layer (reverse printed), a 12 micron metallised PET or foil barrier when light and oxygen must be kept out, and a CPP or PE sealant of 25–60 micron. Packs that show the product, like bread, use clear PET/PE or OPP/CPP; ice pops need a cold-tolerant PE layer; wet wipes need a thicker PE to hold moisture. The food-contact layer must be food-grade film, and inks and laminating adhesives must keep residual solvent within limits.
Rotogravure printing on the reverse of the OPP traps the ink between plies, so it can't scuff; short runs can go flexo or digital on film. The usual effects are matt OPP with gloss patches, metallised layers for metallic colour, and an unprinted window that skips the white so the product shows. Hot foil isn't part of a normal film line; for a gold look print transparent ink over the metallised layer.
Web width = 2 × pack width + 2 fin-seal margins (8–12 mm each); repeat length = pack length + both end seals. The front sits centred and the back is split by the fin seal. Place a 5 × 10 mm dark eye mark on a light area in the end-seal zone so the machine cuts on register, and keep text and barcodes at least 5 mm from the crimp seals. Gravure artwork is separated per colour, one cylinder each, so limit colours and plan the white underprint as its own separation.
The front is under 30 mm wide, so just name and flavour running lengthwise; mandatory details usually go on the outer box or bag of sticks.
At one end, above a clearly printed 'tear here' line; the tear runs across the stick, so never put the logo on that line.
A pillow pack is formed on the machine from roll film with just a back seal and two end seals — fast and economical for single-use food; three-side-seal and stand-up zip pouches are pre-made, can stand and can be resealed.
Commonly two, OPP/metallised CPP, for chips; three, OPP/MPET/PE, when oily biscuits or coffee need a stronger oxygen and light barrier. Total thickness is usually about 40–100 micron.
Gravure needs an engraved cylinder per colour, so it pays only on long runs; for short runs use flexo or digital printing on film before laminating, with slightly less colour punch than gravure.