HOSTAPHAN® polyester films for furniture surfaces
In today’s furniture market, polyester films have taken root besides numerous other materials such as lacquers, veneers, glass or real wood. Appearance plays a decisive role here. Whether with high gloss or matte surfaces, HOSTAPHAN® furniture films are used in many areas.
Depending on the production process, different HOSTAPHAN® types are used. The fields of application range from furniture surface film to process and transfer film. We develop a variety of film types for these applications and are an important and innovative supplier of the furniture industry.
Joint developments with our customers result in a very broad and innovative product portfolio that covers these properties:
- highly transparent, matte, white and coloured film types
- broad thickness spectrum
- various adhesion promoters for lacquers and adhesives
- sealing layers to adhere to various materials, e.g. PVC (polyvinyl chloride)
- web widths up to 4.20 meters
Important properties for HOSTAPHAN® films for furniture applications:
- high thermal stability
- very high mechanical stability
- improved scratch resistance in comparison to conventional material
- high colour brilliance and smooth surface
- excellent printability
- very good chemical stability
- pore free, the film forms a closed layer
- no solvents
Further, HOSTAPHAN® films for metal lamination are environmentally friendly:
- halogen free
- better thermal recovery (chlorine free)
- replacement of solvent based lacquers
- no formaldehyde
Typical applications:
- lamination of coated and uncoated panels
- coating of decor papers
- imparting surface structure, e.g. for UV lacquers in liquid coating processes
- process film in furniture presses
