Markets & Applications

Labels and Narrow Web

Self-adhesive, wrap-around and in-mould labels printed on narrow-web flexo, screen and combination presses.

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The application

Labels and Narrow Web

The narrow-web label press is where UV flexo, water-based flexo, screen and hot foil meet in a single pass. Our ranges are built to run together on that press: UniCure UV flexo inks for the colour, UniFine water-based inks where odour and food contact demand it, UniCure narrow-web coatings for the finish, and screen inks for opaque whites and tactile effects.

High-definition plates at 4000 dpi with flat-top dots and 1 % highlights have moved label print into territory once reserved for offset and gravure. UniCure NX is formulated at 300–600 mPa·s with a near-Newtonian flow curve so that it transfers cleanly from the fine 1.5–2.5 BCM aniloxes that HD work requires.

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What we supply into this market.

UniCure NX — Self-Adhesive Labels

HD printing on coated paper and top-coated films.

UniFine HD — Water Based Labels

Suitable for UV flexo combination printing and EO gas sterilisation.

UniCure Narrow-Web Coatings

Gloss, matt, anti-static, thermal, release and low-migration grades.

UV LED Flexo Inks

Energy-saving cure at 395 nm.

What this market demands

Combination Printing

Ink sets that run together across flexo, screen and hot foil in one pass.

Fast Cure

Mercury and LED hybrid cure at production speed.

Expanded Gamut

CMYK plus orange, green and violet to the Pantone Extended Gamut reference.

Resistance

Product, alcohol and scuff resistance under UV or water-based OPV.

Don't see what you're looking for?

Please feel free to call us. We colour-match to any request and develop inks around your press-room need.