Flint Group Introduces Enhanced-Recycling Coatings Flint Group Narrow Web has introduced two UV- flexo coating products to improve the recyclability for shrink sleeves and pressure sensitive labels.These coatings are currently available in North America and will soon be available in Europe and other regions. Using different chemistries, the Evolution Deinking Primer, for shrink sleeves, and the Evolution Caustic Resistant Overprint Varnish (OPV), for self-adhesive la- bels, are designed to increase the yield of material in the recycling process. Both coatings have been recog- nized by theAssociation of Plastic Recyclers to comply with the critical guidance for PET packaging. The Evolution Deinking Primer is a coating used on shrink sleeve materials that reportedly makes the ink release in the caustic bath of the recycling process. When used with crystallizable polyester shrink sleeve material (CPET), the primer keeps the ink anchored to the substrate through the usable life of the sleeve, but releases it in the caustic bath.The ink is removed from the sleeve material without contaminating the valuable bottle flake.The materials are then rinsed and pelletized into recycled polyester (rPET) for reuse. Evolution Deinking Primer is applied by the conven- tional UV-flexo process and works with Flint Group’s EkoCure XS flexo inks that are specially designed for shrink sleeves. The second product, the Evolution Caustic Resistant OPV, is a UV-flexo overprint varnish to facilitate recy- cling PET bottles utilizing pressure-sensitive labels. The varnish minimizes contamination of the wash wa- ter and bottle flake in the caustic bath by keeping the ink secured to the label substrate.When immersed in the float-sink bath, the label is released from the bottle and floats to the surface where it is separated from the bottle recycling stream. Neither the Deinking Primer nor the Caustic Resis- tant OPV has any impact on ink color, image quality or code readability, according to the manufacturer. I.D. Images Relocates Headquarters I.D. Images LLC, a pressure sensitive label converter with headquarters in Brunswick, Ohio has moved to a larger facility in Brunswick. The new facility will greatly enhance capacity as well as provide expanded capabilities for customers. “We are excited to expand our space in Northeast Ohio from just over 45,000 square feet to over 100,000 square feet,” said Brian D. Gale, President and CEO of I.D. Images.
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