Coating & Laminating
Schreiner ProTech develops colour laser film translucent with bonding benefits
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chreiner ProTech, a Germany-based global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative functional labels with value-added benefits for the automotive, electronics components and engineering-based industries, now offers an integrated film-based solution for partially translucent displays.
The company’s newly-launched colour laser film translucent is an alternative to pre-printed design films, efficiently combining the functions of both marking and adhesive bonding into one flexible, customisable product.
Translucence refers to an object’s light permeability, and is a characteristic frequently found in sectors such as household appliances, mobility and consumer electronics incorporating backlit displays with symbols or text. Where translucence is required from a marking solution, the specialised colour laser film from Schreiner ProTech
enables customised backlighting to be achieved in a wide variety of versions and simultaneously serves as a means of bonding display glass with the device. Characterised by high stability, colour laser films are used for creating self- adhesive labels and nameplate sets for application to a wide variety of equipment. The contactless marking process produces zero emissions.
Amongst the colour laser film translucent labels’ benefits is late- stage customisation, which allows for customised, version-specific marking. Inscription also can be performed via laser through the display glass, which reduces both the number of display versions and required inventory levels.
To ensure marking and adhesion durability, the colour laser film translucent labels have also been designed to be resistant against cleaning agents. “Colour laser film translucent amounts to
a multi-purpose labeling solution, allowing for light transparency while performing mission-critical marking and adhesion tasks,” says Schreiner ProTech European sales manager Erik Eyb. “The solution’s high degree of customisation makes it all the more attractive.”
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DSM launches reworkable and repulpable alternatives to conventional paperboard
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SM announces its portfolio of reworkable and repulpable barrier coating resins for the food and non- food packaging industry. Now, manufacturers have an alternative to traditional, less eco- friendly LDPE coatings.
The way consumers think and feel about packaging is changing. Consumers are questioning the environmental credentials of the packaging they are handling and demanding to know if it is safe, sustainable and less wasteful. For paper and board mills, convertors and ink formulators, as well as brands and suppliers looking to reduce their use of harmful components that are difficult to recycle, DSM is now offering the opportunity to switch to more recyclable resins that are easy to formulate and use. At the same time DSM’s new portfolio can help to lower the cost of production and scrapping compared to PE laminates. DSM’s dispersion coating resins are aimed
at producers of paperboard packaging for consumer foods, who want to continue delivering durable, high-functioning and reliable primer coatings, inks and top coatings. The key benefits of this suite of products are that they all deliver high performance without the need for expensive retooling. Each has been designed to be easy to formulate and suitable for various applications and are resistant to water (Cobb), grease, oil while also being compliant in accordance with food contact regulations. At the end of their useful first life, packaging and stock coated with these resins can be easily repulped without the need for any extra processing.
The portfolio comprises: NeoCryl A-2095 XP, the new modified acrylic styrene copolymer dispersion for use in barrier coatings, overprint varnish and water based liquid inks; NeoCryl A-2092, also a modified acrylic styrene copolymer dispersion, which
delivers outstanding results when used in overprint varnish and water based liquid inks; and NeoCryl BT-62, a semi-colloidal acrylic styrene copolymer dispersion for use in grease resistant and low Cobb value inks and paper coatings.
DSM resins are all suitable for a range of substrate types in various industries, including food and beverage, pet food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
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