The changing trend of label products can not be separated from the development trend of packaging. The development trend of packaging is the driving force of label development. Since paper labels cannot satisfy the decorative needs of containers such as plastic bottles, the number of film labels will grow rapidly in the near 10 years. In the global context, the use of packaging containers such as glass containers and cans is decreasing, and plastic containers are used in Increasing, this trend will lead to the redistribution of market share of various label products:
Paper labels used on bottles and cans will gradually decrease;
There will be moderate growth in in-mold labels;
The application of lightweight glass bottles continues to increase the use of shrink film sleeves;
The use of plastic labels for PET bottles will increase rapidly;
The value-added and application of self-adhesive labels for glass and plastic containers will be further expanded;
The rapid increase in variable information printing equipment will promote the development of variable information labels;
RFID (radio frequency identification) tags will grow at a rate of 10%-12% per year.
The label markets in China, Latin America, and Europe (Eastern) have the fastest growth rates, with adhesive labels being the dominant products in these regions; film labels printed on web presses and in-mold label, cut, and stacked labels will also be Steady growth.
The development of in-mold labels has revolutionized the form of traditional packaging. After years of experience in Europe and the United States, after two or three years in the Chinese market, in-mold labels are gradually attracting attention from more and more industry and end-users. From the label material suppliers, print processing companies and end-users, the development of in-mold labels is a matter of opinion. There are many opinions. So let us listen to the voice from the enterprise and examine the current status of the in-mold label market.
In-mold label material supplier representative: Japan YUPO agent Shantou Xinyi Industrial Huang Han General Manager:
I think that in-mold labels will play a big role in the packaging of food and daily chemical products. The in-mold label belongs to a new type of packaging process, which has the advantage of being able to be formed at one time, saving production space and time, and simplifying the process. In-mold labels can also provide some personalized services, such as hot stamping, to make labels more sophisticated.
The in-mold label has environmental protection, anti-counterfeit, decorative, and popularization costs are lower than ordinary labels, and is suitable for mass production. In addition, the in-mold label printing does not require high technical requirements for printing plants, and general flexo printing is used. Printing, offset printing, screen printing and other methods can be completed, but the electrostatic treatment effect is good. The use of good in-mold labels not only requires good materials, but also needs the cooperation of printing technology and blow molding and injection molding processes. Because the in-mold label and the packaging are formed once, once the labeling error is lost together with the bottle, there is a high process requirement for the labeling. Whether the label is exhausted during molding or the mold is properly assembled will affect the reject rate. In addition, different materials have different requirements for the process. The YUPO in-mold label material has no surface coating, the surface is smooth, and the solvent content is low. In order to achieve high printing accuracy, brightness and color saturation, high adhesion ink printing is required. However, the current in-mold labeling process is not very mature, and there are problems such as the mismatch of the surface adaptability of the ink and the label material, the static of the material, and the unacceptable printing environment.
Representative of label manufacturing and processing company: Beijing Honghe Weiye Wei Lihua General Manager:
We learned a lot from the plastic synthetic paper industry about in-mold labeling, and further concretized the function of in-mold labeling through magazines and other media.
At present, the end-users of in-mold labels are concentrated in the lubricants, cosmetics, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. The environmental protection of in-mold labels is the reason for many manufacturers, because the in-mold label is integrated with the bottle body and the chemical composition is the same. , Recycling rate is very high; In addition, the security of the in-mold label is also an important reason for manufacturers to invest, the cost of the label mold is relatively high (a set of molds several hundred thousand yuan), virtually increasing the difficulty of counterfeiting, so that domestic Many customers choose it for the purpose of adding security features.