Flint Group Evolution Products Launch Worldwide Following its European launch during Labelexpo in Brussels, Flint Group’s Evolution products are now available for narrow web printers worldwide. The latest innovation includes Food Contact Ma- terial (FCM) compliant technologies that enhance shrink sleeves and label recyclability. Evolution products, which reportedly enable packaging to be reused in ever-evolving forms, are designed to increase the yield of material reclaimed from the recycling process by enabling label mate- rial to be recycled at the same time as a PET bot- tle without risk of contamination. Using Evolution products, previously unrecyclable products can be reprocessed, potentially boosting reclaimed materi- al yield by up to 10 percent. Evolution Deinking Primer is applied to the sub- strate before the ink and provides strong ink ad- hesion throughout the life of the label. The Prim- er then reportedly enables the ink to be released (de-inked) into the recycling caustic wash and the substrate is broken down into flakes. This ensures that more than 99 percent of the material can be recycled into something new. Evolution Varnish reportedly ensures that inks remain on the label during the caustic wash used in the recycling process. The varnish application avoids contamination of the washing solution while not impacting the floatability of the label, and there- fore, the resulting quality of the reclaimed materi- al is significantly improved. The protected ink can then be skimmed off with the floating label and directed to an alternative waste stream. The Evolution product range, previously launched in North America, has been recognized by the As- sociation of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for compliance with critical guidance for PET packaging and re- cently won the Environmental Sustainability cate- gory at the 2022 Global Label Awards at Labelexpo Americas. The European versions of these products are entirely FCM compliant, and the Deinking Primer has been shortlisted in the pre-commercialized category at the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2023.
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