The company will make its OXO biodegradable film available in March, after receiving positive reviews from customer trials.

According to sales director Sandro Mosquera, the substrate will compete with acetate. He said: "It degrades quite quickly, so obviously it will be good for certain products but not as good for others – you wouldn't use it for books for instance. But we have sent a few sample rolls out and customers liked it."

For wet lamination, reels will be available in 2,000m and 4,000m lengths, for thermal they will be available in 1,500m and 3,000m lengths.

GIF has also upgraded its slitting capabilities and can now provide encapsulating film on one-, two- and three-inch cores in gloss and matte.