Prospect of self-adhesive labels

(STICKING TO SELF-ADHESIVES) The self-adhesive label market is currently growing at a rate of 10% per year, which has almost exceeded the development of the adhesive label market. At the same time, holographic printing labels, stickers, and thermal stickers are also growing. A small label may be only a small part of the printing industry and packaging industry, but it is a big business. The application and technology of the label has been extended to labelling, ticketing and pamphlets, and there seems to be no end to it. Canned foods with old-fashioned adhesive labels are almost everywhere, and the entire world is filled with assorted, colorful labels, from address labels, bar code labels, digital labels, to security labels, UV labels, and waterproof labels. Tags with many different features include holes with labels, embossed labels, and heat-sealable labels. The entire label market has developed rapidly both at home and abroad. Under the leadership of the United Kingdom, self-adhesive labels in Europe have grown by 10% a year, and its output is almost equal to that of adhesive labels. Experts' forecast for the label market is that digital color printing will undoubtedly occupy a place in the label market. Digital color printing is moving in the direction of better, faster, and cheaper, especially as the price of consumables declines, its development will be faster. Although label printing only accounts for 3% of the European printing market, its growth rate has reached 20%. This, of course, is due to the increasing number of new shapes of plastic containers, the wide variety of hollow molds and the rapid development of manufacturing machinery and equipment. At the same time, it depends on the wide application of bar code labels and smart labels in industrial products. Businesses believe that labels not only provide a large amount of product information as stipulated by law, but also serve as an excellent way for product promotion to meet market requirements. Although colorful labels have always been important for retailers, today they are even more demanding that the latest technology will make labels more appealing. The processing methods from lamination to embossing have been popularized in book labels, wine labels and chocolate labels. A large number of wine bottles use adhesive labels, while self-adhesive labels (also called pressure-sensitive labels) need to take into account economic gains and losses. At the same time, the winery asked the printer to ensure that the dimensional accuracy of the label cuts was indeed waterproof, and that the difference of only half a millimeter in size meant that the paste would be unloaded by the machine in a large amount, mistakenly identified as rejects. Molded plastic labels have also been gradually applied. This type of label can be used not only conveniently in detergent containers, but also in a wide range of applications for refillable containers in the daily necessities, shampoos and packaging industries. Manufacturers admit that the improved polymer or film can completely replace paper, even after thermoforming. However, some manufacturers still returned to the use of paper production methods, mainly from an economic point of view. The top priority for adopting labels is of course the issue of promotions. Although it is now possible to make booklets stick to labels, the information and convenience they contain are not acceptable to the public regardless of their needs or methods. Now in addition to bar code price tags, label products have evolved into a new technology stage that can change color with time or temperature. For example, food labels can indicate when the contents may have deteriorated. Environmental factors are also creating new impacts on labels, such as the development of Label Chain labels that allow wet labels to be recycled, and the removable Ritrama labels that can reuse Fox biscuit barrels once they have been eaten. The materials used also show a diversified trend, such as Melinex for solvent-free inks, while the use of non-metallic Mearl pigments reflects the emphasis on health and safety. The role of the label also includes product anti-counterfeiting features. The choice of anti-counterfeiting methods is no longer limited to shrinking packaging for bottles, cartons, cartons, and sleeve packaging labels. Merchants are trying to introduce holographic printed labels to prevent counterfeiters from reusing containers while also attracting counterfeiters. customer. The holographic printed labels in the labels of flexible packaging and sleeve packaging have become increasingly popular due to their colorful designs. But it also needs to work hard to develop its basic materials, because holographic printing in Europe has not yet entered the field of self-adhesive labels. Holographic labeling is considered a safety label, but experts caution that this modern label uses more than one advanced technology, from film to foil, from ink to infrared, so its cost is also higher. Since illegal falsification has affected the software industry, the perfume industry, the fashion industry and the pharmaceutical industry, its behavior is tantamount to public burglary in shops, so it is necessary to strengthen the application of anti-counterfeiting labels. Now that the manual interior or interior labeling has gone through the electromagnetic phase, the NOR system can now use the radio frequency technology to make the plastic label, hard label, and self-adhesive label active or ineffective and play a role in anti-counterfeiting recognition. With the continuous development of all aspects, the new use of labels is also expanding. A new identifiable sleeve label technology can be used on cables used under harsh conditions such as undersea, coastal or industrial applications for at least 6 years. Experts predict that there will be more metallized films, more kinds of special paints and papers used in labels. The label will become thinner and thinner. Current film labels have a thickness of 40-50μ, but may be as thin as 5μ. The most significant change in all changes is the self-adhesive label's share in the European market in the new millennium will exceed 55%. Although the application of adhesive labels and heat seal labels has declined, adhesive labels still occupy an important position in the field of food and beverage labels. Only one BPC company provided 54 million adhesive labels for European Coca-Cola merchants. They used the Roland 600 to print in 5 colors in the Nottinghem factory. This year they also provided Iceland with 500,000 adhesive labels. . Adhesive labels are very practical in the market and have been widely used in cosmetics and non-return bottles. However, their ecological and economic deficiencies have not fully replaced traditional labels. Self-adhesive labels, after all, are more expensive and relatively wasteful. Because not only is the waste in the label printing, its special backing paper is also a great waste. Therefore, although the application of self-adhesive labels and adhesive labels is still equally divided, its prospects are bright.