Montreal, Canada-based ETI Converting Equipment has received the
patent for its ‘Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Pressure
Sensitive Adhesive Label Stocks with Printing under Adhesive and
Product produced thereby’.
ETI has sold 40 machines worldwide
which take raw materials - face stock, adhesive, silicon and release
liner – and produce finished, printed labels.
According to ETI,
the system generates savings on laminate purchase costs and allows the
converter to produce specialist products using techniques such as
multi-colored printing under the adhesive; reverse printing on a clear
film to avoid the need for an over-lamination; and multicolored
printing on both sides of the label in one pass and with one ply, for
applications such as shampoo labels. Any substrates available in roll
form can be adhesive and silicone coated - before or after printing -
to produce a roll of pressure sensitive labels.
ETI says it has
sold equipment to the main beer label manufacturer in the United States
and in Germany, as well as to the main players in the wine and spirits
label markets in France and in Italy. In other fields, such as personal
care, food and beverage, machines have been installed in New Zealand,
Russia, China, Canada and Mexico.
According to Francois Bayzelon,
president of ETI Converting Equipment: ‘One of the leaders in the label
printing business in Eastern Europe is successfully changing the rules
of printing labels and ETI technology forms a great part of their
strategy. Gradually, labels previously made of paper with an
over-lamination are changed to the “ETI method” of film labels.’
ETI
will increase its presence in Eastern Europe, South America and Asia in
the next year. Its equipment can be seen at Labelexpo Europe and
Labelexpo China.
