On Display: The Latest in Labels
Label Technologies
A supplier offers a broad array of label printing technologies. Its capabilities include high-definition ultraviolet flexographic printing, digital printing using two HP4000 Indigo presses, web screen printing, rotary screen printing, and hot- and cold-foil stamping. The ISO-certified company uses a test laboratory to ensure materials, inks, and adhesives are optimally designed to meet a brand’s needs. Dow Industries, Wilmington, MA.
Heat-Shrinkable Labels
A manufacturer and converter of PVC, PETG, and OPS heat-shrinkable labels specializes in clear and printed sleeves for plastic, glass, and tin containers. Heat-shrinkable printed labels offer a 360° sleeve area for graphics, which provides more opportunity for promoting package design. Up to nine colors can be rotogravure printed with very short lead times. The company’s Contract Sleeving Division places sleeves directly onto packages for customers. Ameri-Seal Inc., Chatsworth, CA.
Extended-Text Labels
A supplier’s patented MultiVision line of extended-text labels includes a range of designs. The EasyTab is a multiple-page label that provides up to 11 pages above the base label. The FlexVision label is an extended-text label designed to conform to squeezable plastic tubes. Other styles include the Multifold label, the TwinView label, the EasyTab label, and the FlexWrap label. WS Packaging– Ampersand Label Inc., Garden Grove, CA.
Digital Printing
High-definition flexographic and digital label printing is a supplier’s specialty. The firm’s digital production processes include state-of-the-art work flows, plate making, and color management. The company offers a range of label substrates and finishing and decorating techniques for brands seeking pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, roll-to-roll wraparounds, blister cards, and point-of-purchase cards. Prestige Label Company, Inc., Burgaw, NC.
Multipage Label
Multipage onsert labels are part of a firm’s expanded-content label designs. The onsert is preprinted, folded, and then laminated to a die-cut, pressure-sensitive base label. The base label adheres firmly to a container and can be made from clear or paper stock, with printing in up to four colors. The onsert’s laminate is typically made from polyethylene, which allows it to stretch smoothly around the container’s contours. Various closing mechanisms are available, including peel-and-reseal, breakaway, and perforated designs. Label Graphics Manufacturing Inc., Little Falls, NJ.
Heat-Shrink Labeling
A supplier’s Special Services Division now offers heat-shrink labeling. Labels can be applied to containers made of various materials and shapes and in sizes ranging from 2 oz to 1 L. In addition to its label application services, the company can also provide the label itself. Other decorating options offered include multipass screen printing, hot stamping, and pressure-sensitive labeling. Kaufman Container Co., Cleveland, OH.