Industry News Editor’s Comment
Welcome to the July/August issue of Converter Magazine Following our general election of July and an end
to fourteen years of a Conservative government, it would only be right to wonder where this leaves the packaging industry. What we do know from the Labour manifesto is that workplace rights are of great importance to them, so we can hope to see a focus on that in the coming years. No matter your opinion on the outcome of this election, we can agree that only time will tell how this sector will be aff ected by such a signifi cant change to our country. In this issue, we will be delving into a number of features, including
Adhesive Applications, Coating & Laminating, Drying, Curing & UV, Labelling Solutions and Static Control & Web Cleaning. As usual, if you would like to contribute to any further issue of Converter, or alternatively, if you have any feedback, please get in contact with me at
ynolan@datateam.co.uk.
Yasmin Nolan Editor
ynolan@datateam.co.uk
Expansion of the Thin Range with a new self-adhesive film label material
Continuous Coating
HERMA is setting the pace in thin and resource-friendly self-adhesive label materials. For the new HERMA PE white light film (grade 853), the thickness has been reduced by almost 17 percent compared to a standard film, from 78 micrometres to 65 micrometres, with practically the same functionality. “Reducing material is one of the key steps to conserve resources, while lowering costs for the printer and label user. Thin materials are also, of course, cheaper. This increases the incentive to use them to achieve an important goal of the zero waste hierarchy,” emphasised HERMA product manager Hendrik Kehl. Label users also benefit in other ways. Due to the reduced thickness, about 10 percent more label material fits on a roll. This means fewer roll changes and therefore more efficient labelling machine running times plus reduced warehousing space with the same amount of labels. HERMA is therefore committed to driving forward the expansion of the so-called “Thin Range”. The range currently includes a whole range of different thin film and paper qualities. “State-of-the-art coating technology will also allow us to make further progress in this area in the future,” said Hendrik Kehl.
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