DURABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY

VPF PRESENTS NUMEROUS CUTTING-EDGE LABELSTOCK NOVELTIES AT LABELEXPO EUROPE 2023

A completely renewed range of sustainable face materials and liners will be introduced by the VPF labelstock experts at Labelexpo. In addition to new grass papers (also for inkjet and thermal transfer), the spotlight will be on silphia, bagasse, glassine, hemp and 100 % recycled papers. An additional feature is a paper made from recycled disposable coffee cups, rounded off by innovative PE, PP and PET films with a high recycled content.
Sustainable liner solutions made from recycled paper or R-PET with 90 % recycled material content provide new opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint of many labelstocks.

Brand new are two wash-off adhesives for the reuse and recycling of paper and film labels besides two adhesive combinations certified by the Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) as recyclable, which have been proven not to interfere with the paper recycling process. In detail, this means that the VPF adhesive “Permanent 551” can be cleanly separated from the face material in the recycling process without the appearance of adhesive stickies and consequently has no negative influence on the quality of the recovered waste paper recyclate.

VPF will also present innovative materials for inkjet printing. For example, various new PE, PP and paper materials have been qualified for water-based inkjet printing systems, which again expand the existing extensive VPF range in this segment and thereby meet the increasing demand. Many of these inkjet materials will also be offered in recycled film based versions in the future, in some cases accompanied by a significant reduction in the thickness of the face materials used. Of particular interest is an exclusive in-house development by VPF: a matt, outstandingly printable inkjet R-PE.

VPF’s Labelexpo innovations also include new face materials for the tamper-proof closure of high-quality products. VOID materials with dry peel layers and fluorescence are of particular note here.

All VPF novelties, including many new adhesives, will be presented in detail at Labelexpo Europe 2023 in Hall 4, Stand C67. The VPF exhibition team looks forward to seeing you there.