What is the Film - What does film mean??

As a general term film can simply be used to refer to any thin layer of material thin is a relative term but modern manufacturing techniques are capable of creating layers that are anything from fractions of a nanometre nm 0 000 000 001 metres to several micrometres m 0 000 001 metres In labelling the term is used to refer more specifically to a thin transparent or opaque material manufactured from synthetic polymers e g polyester polyethylene polyolefin vinyl etc and used to create face materials and backing sheets in pressure sensitive labels

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Stock - What does stock mean?

Definition of STOCK:

Any paper or other material (including films, fabrics, and foils) that can be converted and used to produce label products. Stock can be used to create face materials, coatings, and backing sheets that will form part of a label construction.

Rolls of paper stock are stacked up in a paper factory.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the word stock:
Label Planet (2020) What does stock mean? | Stock Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/stock/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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