Essentra Introduces Tapes for Hard-To-Stick UV-Coated Material

Essentra Specialty Tapes (2015 SGIA Expo Booth #1237) introduces several double-sided tapes which, among other properties, will adhere well to UV-coated material, such as boxes, cartons, posters, P.O.P. displays, lightweight forms, easels, shelf tabs, wobblers, danglers and many other printed materials. Tape adhesives typically have variable adhesion quality when applied to UV-coated material. Essentra Specialty Tapes has formulated special adhesives with UV inhibitors to manufacture tapes with strong adhesion to UV coated material. Essentra designed several unique tape families using this special adhesive to accommodate varying needs. Duraco Red is a specially modified acrylic adhesive that produces a permanent bond for this new double-sided clear film tape. It was designed for hard-to-stick applications, such as UV coatings, with a strong plasticizer resistance. Its release liner and permanent tape are both transparent, allowing the user to accurately position the tape while applying it to a surface with graphics or text underneath. Once the red liner is removed, the graphics will show clearly through the remaining tape.  2811 Tissue Tape is a specially modified, hot-melt, rubber-based adhesive that creates an adhesion ideally suited for application on difficult surfaces and materials that are lightweight. 2811 Tissue Tapes are also user-friendly “finger-lift” tapes, which feature a release liner with a dry edge on both sides that extends beyond the width of the adhesive strip. The extra width (dry edge) allows the liner to be removed more quickly and easily.