New adhesive enables labels with reduced weight and waste
Evonik Industries AG
The patented Tego RC adhesives are ultraviolet-curing silicones that perform as release coatings for self-adhesive labels, providing a more environmentally friendly, linerless alternative to traditional labels (photo). By eliminating the need for a traditional peel-off release liner (the part of a traditional label that is discarded and typically makes up 40% of the weight of a label), this product helps to conserve resources and reduce material costs. Using Tego RC silicones, linerless labels can be rolled up without sticking to one another, says the company. These silicones are set and cured not using heat, as is the case of conventional self-adhesive systems, but rather using ultraviolet (UV) radiation in a fraction of a second, which helps to reduce energy consumption and conserve the label materials required, in applications related to food packaging and labeling of products for use during transportation and logisics management. — Evonik Industries AG, Essen, Germany