Metallized laminate film for in-mold labels and printed in-mold labels formed from such film

A multilayer, metallized, laminate film including first and second extruded multilayer structures, said first and second extruded multilayer structures each including a polymer core layer and first and second outer polymer layers on opposed sides of the core layer and being thinner than said core layer, each of said first and second outer polymer layers of each multilayer structure including an outer surface;

• said first and second multilayer structures being attached to each other through a bonded interface free of any printed indicia providing product information;
• said bonded interface including a thin metal layer on an outer surface of said first extruded multilayer structures and an adhesive layer bonding the metal layer to the second extruded multilayer structure;
• at least one of said first and second multilayer structures being clear for providing visibility through the thickness thereof to permit viewing of at least a portion of the coating of the metal layer, and
• printed indicia providing product information on a surface of an outer polymer layer constituting an outer surface of the laminate film.

An in-mold label including extruded first and second multilayer structures, said first and second extruded multilayer structures each including a polymer core layer and first and second outer polymer layers on opposed sides of the core layer and being thinner than said core layer, each of said first and second outer polymer layers of each multilayer structure including an outer surface;

• a thin coating of a metal layer on the outer surface of an outer layer of one of said first and second extruded multilayer structures;
• an adhesive layer bonding said first and second multilayer structures together through said metal layer for providing a bonded interface, said bonded interface being free of printed indicia providing product information,
• at least one of said multilayer structures being clear for providing visibility through the thickness thereof to permit viewing of at least a portion of the coating of the metal layer, and
• printed indicia providing product information on a surface of an outer polymer layer constituting an outer surface of the in-mold label.

An in-mold label including extruded first and second multilayer structures, said first and second extruded multilayer structures each including a polymer core layer and first and second outer polymer layers on opposed sides of the core layer and being thinner than said core layer, each of said first and second outer polymer layers of each multilayer structure including an outer surface;

• said first and second multilayer structures being attached to each other through a bonded interface free of printed indicia including product information;
• said bonded interface including a thin metal layer on an outer surface of said first extruded multilayer structure and an adhesive layer bonding the first and second extruded multilayer structures together through said metal layer;
• at least one of said first and second multilayer structures being clear for providing visibility through the thickness thereof to permit viewing of at least a portion of the coating of the metal layer, and
• printed indicia including product information on a surface of an outer polymer layer constituting an outer surface of the in-mold label.