Media

Avery Dennison has enhanced its premium Avery Supreme Wrapping Film portfolio to deliver an even broader choice of options for the personalised paint replacement car wrapping market.    

New fashion colours and finishes

13 new fashion colours and finishes have been added to the self-coloured films offered in the Avery Supreme Wrapping Films range.   They include metallics, pearlescent white, and a selection of matt colours, which provide an eye-catching alternative to the smooth, paint-like finish of the high-gloss colours in the range. 

Wider rolls for seam-free application

Seam-free decal application on vehicle surfaces is achievable with the new wider standard roll size for Avery Supreme Wrapping Film --  1.52M.   Easier application for the production team is complemented with a superior finish – a particularly important factor in the currently-buoyant market for custom paint replacement on vehicles.    The films continue to feature the patented Avery Easy Apply RS adhesive technology, which offers excellent positionability and slideability during application, and a special air egress system for a speedily-achieved, bubble-free finish that replicates paint. 

Long-term removability

The 80 micron cast films themselves are highly durable and conformable, offering up to 12 years’ applied life, depending on colour;  and they offer long-term, clean removability – a particular bonus when the time comes for vehicle resale, and the car can be returned to its original paint colour.  

High-value market

Says Jelle Kroes, General Manager, Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Solutions Europe:  ‘We are keen to keep ahead of the current trend for personalised car wraps,  which represents a high-value option for graphics converters.   The combination of very conformable face films and our advanced adhesive technology deliver the supreme results that the product name implies – and can really save application time compared to other wrapping products.  We believe Avery Supreme Wrapping Film offers the perfect cost/performance ratio.’

Avery Supreme Wrapping Film is available from Avery Graphics distributors across Europe, who can also provide full product details – including complete swatches of the 33 colours and finishes offered.   www.europe.averygraphics.com.

 

MACtac Graphic Products has added an easy-to-use pressure-sensitive adhesive media to its IMAGin B-free Gruv portfolio. IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is the first air egress media in the bubble-free product line specifically designed not just for easy application but also for easy, clean removal from a variety of surfaces.

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is ideal for outdoor medium-term advertising and promotions on flat or simple curved surfaces. It is intended for use in applications such as wall murals, point-of-purchase (POP) displays, and indoor and outdoor signage.

“We wanted to provide a product for our customers who are looking for an easy-to-apply and easy-to-remove media for large graphics,” said Mary Ann Kucera, marketing manager, MACtac Graphic Products. “So, we focused on air egress when developing IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R. It’s easy to install and remove from a wide range of surfaces. Plus, the product has an outdoor durability of four years, which further contributes to its versatility.”

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R features a B-free air egress removable, opaque, acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. It can be applied and removed from most latex-painted walls and many other well-maintained surfaces for up to a year after application without the need for heat or chemicals.

IMAGin B-free Gruv GV429R is a 3.0-mil gloss, PVC film designed for solvent and ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printing. The product is also suitable for most other wide-format processes, including eco-solvent, solvent screen and UV screen inkjet printing. The product is supplied with a 98# polycoated liner.

For more information, visit www.MACtac.com/Graphics

Helping printers and installers conquer their graphics application challenges, MACtac® Graphic Products has added REBEL™ RB599H to its line of versatile screen and digital print media. REBEL RB599H features a high-gloss, clear facestock for borderless graphics and an aggressive high-tack adhesive designed for excellent bonding to low-surface energy and other difficult-to-stick-to substrates, such as polyethylene, vinyl, arena dasherboards and a selection of graphic art boards.

“Our REBEL product line is the most versatile in the industry,” said Mary Ann Kucera, marketing manager, MACtac Graphic Products. “With the addition of REBEL RB599H and its clear, no-decal look and aggressive adhesive strength, MACtac is offering printers even more print flexibility and consistent high performance for a wide range of applications.”

REBEL RB599H is a 4.0-mil flexible, clear gloss, PVC film designed for medium- to long-term outdoor advertising and promotion on flat or slightly-curved surfaces. It can be screen or wide-format printed for indoor and outdoor signage, graphics, point-of-purchase (POP) displays and decals. REBEL RB599H is coated on one side with an aggressive clear, acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and features a 90# SuperFlat™ C2S polycoated liner for excellent layflat.

REBEL RB599H features an outdoor durability of five years and indoor durability of up to seven years.

The full line of MACtac Graphic Products: IMAGin®, PERMACOLOR®, MACmark® and REBEL™, provides a pressure-sensitive solution for every signage need. Whatever technology - wide-format digital printing, mounting and laminating, CAS or screen printing - MACtac has you covered.

For more information regarding MACtac products or graphic solutions, call a graphics representative at 866.622.8223, email MACtac.Americas@bemis.com or visit www.MACtac.com/Graphics and www.TheApplicationNation.com

Xerox has teamed up with its distributor Everything for Signs to find out what people who have invested in the HP range of latex printers need in terms of media. They have designed and tested a range of media specifically for the HP25500 printers.

Sandy Gray, M.D. of Everything for Signs (EFS) comments, “These are amazing new printers, but the technology is so advanced that people really do need a range of media specifically for this type of printer. The speed and temperature involved means that a lot of standard media is not suitable. Fortunately when we spoke to Xerox about this they were already aware of the problems and working on a solution. They have now designed and tested a wide range of products on the HP25500 including paper, gloss and matt vinyl, canvas, banner material, banner mesh and a polyester rollup/popup material which will stand up to the heat generated by the HP Latex.”

All of these products are now available from stock. Profiles for all of these materials are available to download from the EFS website:
www.everythingforsigns.co.uk

Triga Systems, a manufacturer and exported of the patented Triga wide-format fabric tensioning hardware system, has announced plans to set up a manufacturing hub in the UK to service the needs of suppliers in the retail display, exhibition building and events industries.  Joint-venture fabric print partners are being sought for the move into the country.

Since its launch at FESPA 3 years ago, Triga has become one of the world's fastest-growing tensioned-fabric, modular display systems.  Combining LCD displays, shelving and merchandising prongs into seamless fabric backdrops of any width, the company now supplies premium brand owners with a host of standard and custom-made modular structures across multiple industries.

Triga has serviced the display requirements of major brands including Google, Audi, Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Sealy, Fisher Price, Coca–Cola, Red Bull and HP.  Its solutions are currently sold through a dealer network, with sub-manufacturing hubs established in North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy. For more info visit www.trigasystems.com
 

Neschen has launched what it claims is its best anti-graffiti film yet.  Called Solvoclear Easy Protect, it is a low-priced, general purpose anti-graffiti film which is able to retain its glossy appearance even after having been surface cleaned several times. 

Solvoclear Easy Protect is ideally suited for indoor and outdoor use with traditional photo prints, inkjet and digital print media including paper, polyester and vinyl. 

It is manufactured from OPP (oriented polypropylene), an environmentally-friendly material composed of only carbon and hydrogen, with a high gloss finish.  It has a siliconised white backing paper and a clear solvent acrylic adhesive on one side and delivers high UV protection. 

Sarah Janes, managing director of Neschen UK, says "This new protective film is easy to handle and extremely well priced but what sets it head and shoulders above anything else manufactured so far is that it is highly resistant to a large number of detergents and solvents and - importantly - stays glossy after cleaning after cleaning after cleaning.  It does not become matt as other films do." 

Correctly applied, Neschen's Solvoclear Easy Protect has an expected life span of several years. 

For further information visit neschen.com

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