Form map
Name pellet, flake or reprocessed chip. A “standard resin” without form is not a comparable line.
- Pellet or flake
- Virgin or reprocessed as a field
- Quantity in kg or lb
- Bag, box or gaylord
pet resin
PET Film Sourcing turns a pet resin search into one request several factories can quote on the same basis. That search string is not a stocked bottle-chip SKU on this desk. It is a named intrinsic-viscosity window, pellet or flake form, quantity and packing that will appear on an invoice when the buyer is feeding film extrusion or buying resin beside a film line. We do not polymerize resin or publish a wholesale price.
Width and roll-length differences on the companion film line must be written, not averaged, when a plant answers resin and film together. Cost lines that are commonly excluded — drying, bag or gaylord packing, and moisture certificates — have to be asked for in the same list.
Request Factory Quotes
What goes into a pet resin request
Each factory needs the same form, quantity and packing. If two plants fill missing IV or moisture fields themselves, the quotes cannot be laid side by side.
Grade mix
State IV as a question the factory must answer. Film-grade versus bottle-grade stays a buyer decision.
- IV window asked, not reprinted
- Color as ID only
- Density in g/cc if used
- Label language
Drying and packing
Moisture certificates and gaylord liners change freight and handling. Ask whether drying is included.
- Moisture file
- Liner rule
- Pallet count
- Label fields
Documents
Ask for the lot file that covers the quoted chip, not a plant ISO certificate used as a stand-in.
- Grade declaration
- Named ASTM method
- Sample first lot
- Origin of melt if the receiving plant will ask
Cost lines commonly excluded from a pet resin quote
Ask for these lines in writing. A lower kilogram price that hides liners, drying or freight is a different deal. Width and roll-length differences on any companion film must be written, not averaged.
| Thermal | Chemical | Mechanical | Commercial |
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| Drying temperature the buyer will later run | Food-contact file only when the grade is requested | IV as a factory-confirmed window | Gaylord or bag charges |
| Crystallinity if the plant ships amorphous chip | Colorant that changes the melt | Pellet size only if the hopper requires it | Export packing and palletisation |
| Storage if bags sit outdoors | Recycled-content claim as a separate line | Density in g/cc when it distinguishes grade | Incoterms next to the money figure |
Files to request from a named supplier
These names are checklist labels. They are not certificates issued by PET Film Sourcing. A company badge does not travel with a pet resin lot unless the file names that lot.
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Named ASTM method
Ask which method the quoted chip was checked against, and under which condition. A brochure class is not a lot report.
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ISO 9001 plant file
Useful when the receiving plant will ask for it. It describes a quality system, not the IV of the bag on this order.
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REACH / RoHS statements
Must name the quoted grade. A trading-company letter without a grade is not current product evidence.
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FDA 21 CFR only when food-contact is requested
A film-grade lot does not inherit a bottle-grade food file. Do not copy a packaging claim onto industrial chip.
Send one pet resin list to several plants
Keep missing IV or destination visible. Do not let a salesperson convert a photo of pellets into a “close enough” line. Open application notes if the resin will sit beside a film brief.
- Form written as pellet, flake or reprocessed chip
- Quantity against each bag or gaylord
- Packing and Incoterms on the same page