Technical Marketing Bulletins

Photo-reactive adhesive technology helps converters create customized constructions that require both permanent and removable adhesive zones, for applications with extended content, such as promotional or seasonal labels. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide the converter with recommended practices pertaining to press set-up, ink selection and other general manufacturing guidelines important in the converting process for this technology.

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Silver Direct Thermal (DT) film is designed to enable VI functionality through a traditional TT/DT printer but offer superior stability in outdoor lighting conditions. In other words, it gives TT-like outdoor capability without the ribbon. It is compatible with various ink systems including UV and water-based and is ideal for both indoor and outdoor applications.

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Standard pressure-sensitive labels limit PET recyclability into food-grade rPET due to adhesive and ink contamination. Avery Dennison has developed SR3010, a water-based adhesive which separates cleanly from the substrate in the caustic bath stage at the recycler.

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Avery Dennison ChemControl Ultra and Ultra Plus products are opaque, high barrier, chemical-resistant flexible packaging laminates suitable for high quality surface printing, excellent pouch manufacturing and product resistance.

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Avery Dennison 119# Cherry Wood and 128# Birch Wood are smooth, real wood veneer label materials. The label surface has just enough hand-feel so you know it’s real wood, but is smooth enough to be printed and converted.

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Hammerlock™ and TL2 are highly aggressive, permanent, rubber-based adhesive formulations designed specifically for difficult-to-label surface. We suggest the following converting tips.

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Follow these quick and easy tips to help ensure the best outcome for converting on thin film liners.

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It is important inks and varnishes used in flexible packaging applications hold up to high temperatures during sealing and be flex crack resistant with overall print surface COF of less than 0.3. Avery Dennison has witnessed the following ink and varnish systems work well on flexible packaging applications.

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Press roll side shields, or side dams, are designed to help hold the side of the roll in place while unwinding or rewinding. Shields can be very simple, inexpensive parts or high quality pieces. The following information is a basis for assembling these parts in-house, eliminating the cost of an outside source.

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Looking to expand into the flexible packaging market? Follow this information for a guide to converting pouch materials on press, as well as technical information regarding the form-fill-seal pouching (FFS) process.

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Learn about the differences between near edge thermal transfer (TT) printer technology and the commonly used flat head TT print technology.

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The purpose of this bulletin is to help educate and define different types of perforation blades used in the industry and how to select the appropriate perforation for each application.

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A glossary of common terms associated with the PET recycling stream

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This technical bulletin discusses the performance of Avery Dennison wine labeling stock, specific to adhesive performance. The substrate and facestock will ultimately play a role in how the adhesive performs, with the adhesive having a larger impact on PET bottle

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In order to achieve an acceptable appearance and maximum protection, it is important to follow a few preparation steps when applying an overlaminate. These steps will help ensure the overlaminate attains maximum adhesion to the label, and provides protection and the desired appearance.

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UV LED ink and curing systems have seen positive growth over the past couple of years due to advances in technology and the increasing demand for more environmentally friendly methods of curing, which at the moment are dominated by mercury lamps. The purpose of this bulletin is to look at the latest developments in UV LED inks and curing technology for narrow web converters.

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Keeping printing webs clean and dust free becomes more difficult when the weather starts to get cold and the relative humidity drops. Follow these steps to keeps dirt specs at bay.

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Labeling sparkling wine and champagne bottles is anything but easy. With the Aqua Stick™ portfolio, Avery Dennison has taken the lead in providing a solution to a series of issues. Read these application recommendations to learn how to apply labels featuring Z3338 adhesive to bottles which are with condensation.

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