An apparatus for processing a film, the apparatus comprising: a stretching device for stretching a received film; and a take-away device that receives the film after the stretching device, the take-away device establishing an entrance side, an exit side, and a conveying region interfacing with and transporting the film in a direction of transport from the entrance side to the exit side; wherein the take-away device includes a first track including opposing, first and second conveyor assemblies (100, 102) arranged to contact opposing surfaces of the film, respectively, along the conveying region, the first conveyor assembly including: a continuous belt driven along a path of travel, a plurality of discrete pads carried by the belt, each of the pads forming a contact face opposite the belt for contacting the film along the conveying region, the contact face extending between opposing, leading and trailing edges (200, 202), the leading edge arranged downstream of the trailing edge relative to the path of travel, wherein the plurality of pads includes a first pad immediately adjacent a second pad; and further wherein the first and second pads (180a, 180b) are configured and arranged such that the trailing edge of the first pad overlaps the leading edge of the second pad as the first and second pads (180a, 180b) are traversed along the conveying region, the overlap being defined by at least one theoretical line perpendicular to the direction of transport intersecting both of the pads (180a, 180b). a stretching device for stretching a received film; and a take-away device that receives the film after the stretching device, the take-away device establishing an entrance side, an exit side, and a conveying region interfacing with and transporting the film in a direction of transport from the entrance side to the exit side; wherein the take-away device includes a first track including opposing, first and second conveyor assemblies (100, 102) arranged to contact opposing surfaces of the film, respectively, along the conveying region, the first conveyor assembly including: a continuous belt driven along a path of travel, a plurality of discrete pads carried by the belt, each of the pads forming a contact face opposite the belt for contacting the film along the conveying region, the contact face extending between opposing, leading and trailing edges (200, 202), the leading edge arranged downstream of the trailing edge relative to the path of travel, wherein the plurality of pads includes a first pad immediately adjacent a second pad; a continuous belt driven along a path of travel, a plurality of discrete pads carried by the belt, each of the pads forming a contact face opposite the belt for contacting the film along the conveying region, the contact face extending between opposing, leading and trailing edges (200, 202), the leading edge arranged downstream of the trailing edge relative to the path of travel, wherein the plurality of pads includes a first pad immediately adjacent a second pad; and further wherein the first and second pads (180a, 180b) are configured and arranged such that the trailing edge of the first pad overlaps the leading edge of the second pad as the first and second pads (180a, 180b) are traversed along the conveying region, the overlap being defined by at least one theoretical line perpendicular to the direction of transport intersecting both of the pads (180a, 180b).