As a label manufacturer, you likely want your labels to meet performance, processing and sustainability goals. Just as with traditional labels, your chosen adhesive and release coating play an important role in achieving them for linerless label needs, too. When working with the right supplier, this can be easy.
Bostik offers adhesives and silicone release coatings that help enable:
High performance and layer compatibility
Printing and production efficiencies
Increased label sustainability
Use this guide to learn how they help you accomplish your goals and the value of working with Bostik.
Bostik’s Linerless Label Solutions
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Our linerless label adhesives are based on waterborne acrylic and hot melt pressure sensitive (PSA) technologies. Both are formulated to meet the demands of typical end-use linerless applications such as:
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Logistics
FREEZER, Grocery, meat and deli weigh scale
Shipping and ecommerce
quick service restaurant
Bostik’s waterborne acrylic PSAs have high tack and bond to a variety of substrates including paper, corrugate, plastic, metal, glass and textile substrates.
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Waterborne Acrylic PSA Benefits
All-Temperature Capabilities: Our waterborne acrylic PSAs provide stable adhesion to accommodate a range of temperatures, including hot, humid conditions or freezer-grade levels down to 0°F (-17°C).
Balanced tack and shear: Our waterborne acrylic PSAs’ controlled tack allow them to offer quick grab for substrates including corrugate and low surface energy plastics. Their optimized shear enables them to release cleanly from the silicone release coating on the roll. These balanced properties help the label release without leaving residue behind on the printer and provide clear printed label designs.
Ability to use existing equipment: With our waterborne acrylic PSAs, no specialized equipment or set up is needed; this reduces investment costs, complexities and time.
Reduced waste production: Our PSAs allow you to manufacture linerless labels, which eliminates the need for a release liner and decreases waste production.
Decreased overall carbon emissions: With more labels per roll as well as less label material weight and volume, you can reduce transportation emissions.
Increased safety: As a solvent-free, low VOC technology, these PSAs offer reduced flammability risks and meet compliance regulations.
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Processing Efficiencies
Enhanced Sustainability
PROCESSING EFFICIENCIES
High Performance
Enhanced Sustainability
Enhanced Sustainability
Processing Efficiencies
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Varied tack levels by product: Our hot melt PSAs’ tack levels can be customized to accommodate your needs for quick grab; this can be helpful for manufacturing labels with permanent or removable adhesion requirements.
Adhesion to variety of substrates: They offer strong bond strength to adhere to many substrates, including difficult ones such as highly-recycled corrugate, and can be for removable or permanent applications.
Ability to withstand varied temperatures: Able to adhere in below freezing temperatures, these PSAs also can maintain strength in fluctuating temperatures to achieve end-use performance needs.
High Performance
Ability to use existing equipment: With our hot melt PSAs, no specialized equipment or set up is needed; this reduces investment costs, complexities and time.
PROCESSING EFFICIENCIES
Reduced waste production: Our PSAs allow you to manufacture linerless labels, which eliminates the need for a release liner and decreases waste production.
Decreased overall carbon emissions: With more labels per roll as well as less label material weight and volume, you can reduce transportation emissions.
Increased safety: As a solvent-free, low VOC technology, these PSAs offer reduced flammability risks and meet compliance regulations.
Enhanced Sustainability
Bostik’s hot melt PSAs for linerless labels are compatible with corrugate, glass and paper substrates, as they are designed to adhere to surfaces instantly upon application and remain tacky even after cooling and solidifying.
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Hot Melt PSA Benefits
Bostik also provides PURERAD™ UV silicone release coatings to help your linerless label layers work together effectively so that the labels can remove from a roll seamlessly with no residue left behind. Unlike competitive thermal technologies, PURERAD™ products are based on an energy-curable technology and offer:
Instant curing with no heat to streamline production efficiencies
High gloss and scratch resistance to improve aesthetics and overall product quality
Nearly 100% solid formulation to help reduce environmental impact
If you currently purchase silicone and place it on facestock, you simply need to adapt your production steps for linerless label manufacturing. You already have the equipment and materials.
If you currently purchase pre-siliconized release liner, you simply need to purchase pre-siliconized paper that will be the facestock instead of the liner. Your adhesive will go on the other side of the pre-siliconized paper for linerless labels rather than a separate facestock with linered labels.
Either way, you'll take the same next steps to manufacture linerless labels.
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With the market’s most complete and integrated PSA portfolio, Bostik has the knowledge and support capabilities that allow you to rely on us as your one-stop-shop supplier for your linerless label adhesive and release coating needs. When you work with us, you’ll receive:
Customized formulations: From constructing your linerless labels to switching out one variable, we show you how every layer works together to provide your desired specifications.
Sustainable solutions: Our PSA technologies are formulated to be safer solutions than competitive options, helping to reduce carbon emissions across the value chain in addition to decreasing material waste.
Technical support: Our team of experts help you throughout the entire process of your linerless label manufacturing:
In-house testing: We test samples you’re considering for your label construction and provide recommendations on what could be the most efficient for your production equipment. With in-house pilot coating equipment, we allow you to conduct trials without pausing your day-to-day operations.
Troubleshooting: We’re here to help you through any setbacks while producing the finished linerless label on your own equipment, offering recommendations on what may be causing problems or how to improve production efficiencies to avoid issues in the future.
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