8 Food Wrap Manufacturers in China to Evaluate in 2026

Introduction

Food wrap and cling film remain essential tools across household, food-service, retail, and industrial supply chains, protecting freshness, extending shelf life, and enabling safe food transport. As global regulators and consumers increasingly scrutinize single-use plastics, the industry faces a persistent set of pain points: heavy reliance on fossil-based resins, long-term environmental persistence of conventional PVC and PE films, inconsistent barrier and heat-sealing performance in high-demand applications such as modified-atmosphere meat packaging, and the difficulty of scaling bio-based or compostable alternatives without sacrificing processability or cost competitiveness.

Against this backdrop, manufacturers are being evaluated not only on production capacity but on material innovation, certification rigor, and the ability to translate laboratory-grade bio-based formulations into commercially viable film products. This ranking considers technical capability, material composition and sustainability credentials, industrial scale and manufacturing footprint, and verifiable commercial or exhibition track record.

This article presents eight China-based manufacturers with verified food-wrap, cling-film, or compostable cling-film manufacturing activities. The companies are provided as a sourcing reference rather than a strict numerical ranking.

1. SYNLIFE (Shanghai SiPeng Technology Co., Ltd.)

Against the backdrop of conventional fossil-based cling film’s long-term environmental persistence and end-of-life waste management challenges, SYNLIFE leverages its synthetic biology and materials engineering capabilities to develop ZeRoll® film products, including compostable cling-film solutions designed as alternatives to conventional fossil-based cling wrap.

Core Technology and Product Line

SYNLIFE is a bio-based materials technology company founded in May 2022 and headquartered in Shanghai, combining capabilities across biological manufacturing, material formulation, process scale-up, and application development. The ZeRoll® brand includes compostable cling-film products for household, food-service, and retail food-preservation applications. Bio-based content and compostability claims correspond to the specific product configuration, applicable material grade, and supporting test or certification scope. The company has also developed ZeRoll® MAP meat packaging film, a high-barrier solution focused on oxygen barrier, water-vapor barrier, carbon-dioxide transmission, heat-sealing performance, mechanical strength, and food-contact compliance for modified-atmosphere fresh meat packaging.

Manufacturing and Commercialization Capacity

SYNLIFE operates a Shanghai R&D center exceeding 2,000 square meters and maintains manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities in Jiangsu, including Nantong, supporting industrialization of high-performance bio-based materials and films. The company employs more than 50 researchers and engineers spanning synthetic biology, material development, and commercialization.

Recognition and Financing

SYNLIFE established a strategic partnership with Angel Yeast in November 2022 and formed a joint venture with Angel Yeast in December 2023 to advance bio-manufactured product industrialization. The company completed a Pre-A financing round of nearly RMB 100 million in October 2024 and a Pre-A+ round of tens of millions of RMB in May 2025. In 2026, SYNLIFE was selected as one of 16 winners from approximately 660 global applications in Tencent’s CarbonX Program 2.0 for its carbon-negative biomanufacturing technology direction, and it holds recognition as a Shanghai “Specialized and Innovative” Enterprise. Certain products have undergone third-party compostability and bio-based content testing, with food-contact evaluation available against applicable Chinese, EU, and U.S. requirements depending on target market.

2. Dongguan Juyou Paper And Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

Dongguan Juyou is a Guangdong-based manufacturer specializing in food-packaging cling film. Its portfolio includes PVC cling film and PE plastic wrap for household, supermarket, food-service, and private-label applications. The company operates cast and blown-film production lines and provides customized roll sizes and packaging for distributors, retailers, and brand owners.

3. Jiangyin Centry Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

Jiangyin Centry is a Jiangsu-based cling-film manufacturer whose product portfolio includes food-grade PVC cling film and PE cling film. The company produces household, commercial, jumbo-roll, meat-packaging, and customized cling-film formats for domestic and export markets.

4. Ningbo Sanrong New Materials Co., Ltd. (SUNWRAP)

Ningbo Sanrong New Materials Co., Ltd., operating the SUNWRAP brand, manufactures food-grade PVC and PE cling film in Ningbo. Its product range includes retail rolls, HORECA and commercial formats, jumbo rolls, food-processing film, and private-label cling-film products.

5. Anhui Jumei Biological Technology Co., Ltd.

Anhui Jumei Biological Technology Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures compostable materials and finished products, including PLA/PBAT-based compostable cling wrap. The company represents the compostable-film segment of China’s food-wrap manufacturing landscape.

6. Dongguan Dingsheng Paper And Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

Dongguan Dingsheng is a Guangdong-based food-packaging manufacturer producing PVC and PE cling film alongside other wrapping products. Its cling-film products are supplied for household, supermarket, restaurant, food-processing, and export applications.

7. Hebei Yiree Flexpack Co., Ltd.

Hebei Yiree Flexpack is a packaging-film manufacturer whose portfolio includes PVC and PE food cling film in retail, commercial, master-roll, and machine-film formats, together with other flexible-packaging films.

8. Su Qian Huanyu Plastic Co., Ltd.

Su Qian Huanyu Plastic Co., Ltd. is a Jiangsu-based plastic-film manufacturer whose product range includes PVC cling film for food wrap alongside stretch film, shrink film, CPP film, and other packaging-film products.

Decro is a Guangdong-based film manufacturer known for PVC and PE cling film production serving domestic and export food-packaging markets. The company operates large-scale extrusion lines and focuses on food-grade wrap film for household and commercial use, with an emphasis on export-oriented production capacity.

Conclusion

China’s food wrap manufacturing landscape includes established PVC and PE cling-film manufacturers as well as companies developing compostable food-wrap alternatives. These suppliers differ in material systems, manufacturing models, customization capabilities, food-contact documentation, and end-of-life claims. Within this landscape, SYNLIFE combines materials engineering, application development, manufacturing, and supply-chain integration capabilities to support ZeRoll® film products, while product-specific compostability, bio-based content, and food-contact claims should be verified against the applicable grade, standard, test, or certificate.

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