These are semi-expanded polypropylene ribbons, obtained from an extrusion of polymers and a subsequent coating with metallic, holographic, or iridescent films. Moreover, a printing and embossing process will follow the previous passages.
Once these materials reach the final look, they are cut in various sizes and packed.

How are they packed:

1. Ribbons from 5 to 15 mm width are winded on spools of 50 to 250 m.
   
2.  Ribbons wider than 15 mm are winded on bobbins of 50 to 100 m.
3. Industrial bobbins contain from up to 3000 m of material depending on the width of the ribbon.
4. Consumer articles can have from 5 to 20 m of ribbon either on hanks or bobbins.
5. Eggs/cops are composed by 10 to 30 m of material in 5, 7 or 10mm width.
   
6. Adhesive bows can be star-shaped or round-shaped with different sizes available
7. Pull bows are sealed or connected by staples to form a practical automatic bow
8. There are of three main types:
   1- Strip for a round-shaped bow
   2- Flower for a papillon-shaped bow
   3- Spezzone for a round shaped bow with metallic staples.
   Another existing version in the Automatico, a pull bow ribbon winded on 40 m bobbins.