Conformable and die-cuttable biaxially oriented films and labelstocks

A die-cuttable, biaxially stretch-oriented monolayer film comprising polyethylene having a density of 0.940 g/cm3 or less, a propylene polymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof wherein the stretch orientation of the film in the machine direction is greater than the stretch orientation in the cross direction by at least 10%, the tensile modulus of the film in the cross direction is 150,000 psi or less, and the film is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester.

A die-cuttable, stretch-oriented multilayer film comprising

• (A) a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising polyethylene having a density of about 0.940 g/cm3 or less, a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof wherein the base layer is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, and
• (B) a first skin layer of a thermoplastic polymer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer, wherein the tensile modulus of the multilayer film in the machine direction is greater than the tensile modulus in the cross direction, and the tensile modulus in the cross direction is about 150,000 psi or less.

A die-cuttable, biaxially stretch-oriented multilayer film comprising

• (A) a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising polyethylene having a density of from about 0.940 g/cm3 or less, a propylene polymer or copolymer, or mixtures thereof wherein the base layer is free of copolymers of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, and
• (B) a first skin layer of a thermoplastic polymer bonded to the upper surface of the base layer, wherein the stretch-orientation of the multilayer film in the machine direction is greater than the stretch-orientation in the cross direction by at least 10%, and the tensile modulus of the multilayer film in the cross direction is 150,000 psi or less.

A die-cuttable, biaxially stretch oriented monolayer film comprising at least one polyolefin wherein the film has been stretch oriented in the machine direction at a stretch ratio of about 9:1 to about 10:1, and in the cross direction at a stretch ratio of from greater than 1:1 to about 3:1.

A die-cuttable, stretch oriented multilayer film comprising

• (A) a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising at least one polyolefin,
• (B) a first skin layer of thermoplastic polymers bonded to the upper surface of the base layer wherein the multilayer film has been stretch oriented in the machine direction at a stretch ratio of from 9:1 to about 10:1, and in the cross direction at a stretch ratio of greater than 1:1 to about 3:1.