Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such
as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The
stretchable film laminates may include a film layer bonded to the layer
of elastomeric openwork, with the film layer having cross-directional
stretch and the laminate having a multi-phase stretchability profile. The
stretchable film laminates may be made by extruding a film from a die,
stretching the film, forming and stretching a layer of elastomeric
openwork, conveying the stretched elastomeric openwork onto the film
while the film is stretched, and passing the film and the elastomeric
openwork through a nip. The invention also includes a machine capable of
producing machine-direction, cross-direction, and biaxial stretch
materials. The machine includes at least one extruder, at least one
filament die and at least one film die both attached to the extruder(s),
and at least one nip downstream of the extruder(s).