PVC Film Rolls for Lamination and Decorative Finishing

Jawdah Industrial Co. Ltd. supplies and manufactures polyvinyl chloride (PVC) films in roll form for ceiling tile producers, laminators and industrial converters in Saudi Arabia. Each roll is 1.23 m wide, with a stated roll length of ±500 linear metres, a film thickness of ± 65 microns and a weight of 100 gsm. The surface is described in the Jawdah data as a high-quality finish.

The films are offered under a published list of design codes, from 572-WHITE to 910702-13A, and the design is chosen according to the client's or the project's requirements. This hub explains the specification, the code list, the processing routes the film supports, how it relates to Jawdah PVC laminated gypsum ceiling tiles, and what to include in a request for quotation.

A decorative PVC film is a thin, flexible thermoplastic layer that is bonded to the face of a substrate to give it a finished, cleanable surface. Because it arrives as a continuous roll, a laminating line can feed it without interruption, cut it to the panel or tile being produced and wrap it where the process requires.

In the ceiling industry the most familiar use is the lamination of gypsum tiles: the film becomes the visible face of a suspended ceiling, so its finish, its bond to the board and its resistance to humidity and cleaning matter directly to the end user. Outside ceilings, the same type of film is used to decorate rigid sheets and other industrial components.

Jawdah treats PVC Films as a product family of its own, separate from its ceiling tiles, so that laminators, fabricators and project buyers can source the film directly by design code.

The Jawdah data lists four processing methods for the film. In gluing, an adhesive is applied to the substrate or to the film and the two are pressed together. Wrapping carries the film around profiles or edges so that the decorative face continues beyond a flat surface.

Cold laminating bonds the film with a pressure-sensitive or room-temperature adhesive system, which suits lines without heated rollers. Hot laminating uses heat and pressure so that the adhesive or the film itself activates and bonds to the substrate.

Which route a factory uses depends on its line, its adhesive and the substrate. The film data gives the four routes as supported; the line settings, adhesive selection and trial runs remain the responsibility of the processor and should be agreed with the Jawdah team when a new code or substrate is introduced.

Jawdah publishes its PVC film designs as codes rather than descriptive names. The source text mentions a fixed number of designs while the published list shows more codes than that, so this page does not state a design count: the code list itself is the reference. Codes should always be quoted exactly as listed, including prefixes and suffixes.

Several codes have their own pages: PVC 572 for 572-WHITE and 572-1GOLD, PVC 573 for 239-573, PVC 574 for 244-574 and PVC 996 for 996. A PVC 154 page also exists, but 154 does not appear on the published code list, so its design details on request.

Jawdah supplies and manufactures the film and also manufactures the gypsum ceiling tiles, T-Grid suspension and accessories that the film is most often used with, which keeps codes, samples and technical questions with one supplier in Saudi Arabia.

Documents named for this product are the PVC Films Technical Data Sheet and the Gypsum Ceiling System Catalogue, with Tests available in hard copy. These are requested from the Jawdah team together with samples of the codes under consideration.

The only test method in the PVC Films data is DIN 53726, quoted against the resin K value of 59–60. The K value is a long-established index derived from the viscosity of a dilute PVC solution and is used to express the average molecular weight of a PVC resin; lower values in the common range are typically associated with rigid processing grades.

The scope matters: DIN 53726 is the method by which the resin K value is stated. It is not a fire classification, a product approval or a performance rating of the finished laminated tile. Fire, light reflectance and vapour data published for Jawdah gypsum tiles belong to the tile product and should be read on the tile pages, not transferred to the film.

Jawdah states that the choice of design depends on the client or the project requirements. In practice, design selection starts with the interior concept and is confirmed against a physical sample, because printed images and screens do not reproduce a film finish reliably.

On ceiling work, consultants usually approve the finish on a laminated sample tile rather than on loose film, so that the approval reflects the face the occupants will see. Where a project already has laminated tiles installed, quoting the original code is the most dependable way to request a match; the PVC 574 page covers that matching process in more detail.

Good practice on receipt is to check that every roll label shows the exact design code ordered, that the width matches the stated 1.23 m, and that the roll ends are clean and undamaged. A short unwind at the start of production lets the operator confirm the surface finish against the approved sample before a full run.

Rolls should be stored flat or on cores as delivered, away from direct sun, heat sources and moisture, and kept in their packaging until use. Rolls from different deliveries should not be mixed on one visible ceiling area until the operator has compared them side by side.

Jawdah describes the film as easy to clean. For laminated ceiling tiles and decorated panels, routine cleaning with a soft cloth and a mild, non-abrasive detergent solution is normally sufficient, followed by wiping dry.

Solvents, scouring pads and aggressive chemicals can dull or damage a decorative face and should be avoided unless the cleaning product has been tried on a spare piece. In humid areas, the film’s moisture resistance helps protect the surface, but the substrate and the ceiling void still need proper ventilation.

The points below are taken directly from the Jawdah product data for PVC Films. They are the reference values for specifications, submittals and purchase orders.

Jawdah describes the PVC as a free-flowing vinyl chloride homopolymer resin with low molecular weight, manufactured by suspension polymerisation. The grade referred to as PVC 59S has properties that make it suitable for rigid PVC applications.

The listed resin features are a moderate melt viscosity, easy processing (even in injection moulding), a low content of fines, a narrow particle size distribution and high tensile properties.

As general background, suspension polymerisation produces PVC as fine porous grains that flow freely and absorb additives evenly, and a homopolymer contains vinyl chloride units only, without a comonomer. A low content of fines and a narrow particle size distribution generally help consistent feeding and fusion during processing. These are general industry explanations, not additional Jawdah test results.

The table reproduces the Jawdah product specification. Thickness and roll length are given with the ± sign used in the source and should be read as nominal values; confirm tolerances with the Jawdah team where a line or contract requires them.