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Microfoam or Astro-Foam sheet foam - What's the difference?

Protective Foam Packaging Options: An Overview

Successful product protection is about matching the right protective foam packaging material to the application. That's why Pregis offers products such as Microfoam polypropylene and Astro-Foam polyethylene sheet foam packaging options.

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Product Comparisons

Microfoam from a bird’s eye view is a polypropylene sheet foam packaging protect that possesses excellent thermal, insulation and abrasion-resident qualities, whereas Astro-Foam’s polyethylene sheet foam packaging is more compression and tear-resistant. They are equally excellent forms of protective foam packaging aligned to target very specific and different needs in the market place. Kindly see our chart below which delineates the feature differences between these protective foam packaging products.

Properties of Protective Foam Packaging	Microfoam Polypropylene Foam	Astro-Foam Polyethylene Foam	Bubble Packaging Material	Cellulose Wadding
Abrasion	Excellent	Good	Fair	Fair-Poor
Tear	Good	Excellent	Good	Fair
Resilient	Excellent	Excellent	Good-Excellent	Poor
Water Resistance	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Poor
Fungus Resistance	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Some
Chemically Neutral	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Some
Dust Free	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Poor
Thermal Efficient	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Lightweight	Excellent	Good-Fair	Good	Poor
Compression Resistant	Good	Excellent	Fair	Poor

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