PVC Shrink Film
The product, as the name indicates, is a PVC Shrink Film with a property of shrinking on application of indirect heat and takes the shape of product over which it is being shrunk. The PVC Shrink Film in the form of sleeve had initially been used in India as an insulating material for electronic capacitor and dry battery cells. The product applications has been further developed to insulate the low tension bus bar units in electrical control panels used in the range of 2.5 KVA-4 KVA of capacity. The market has been further developed with pilfer proof cap required for pharmaceutical industry.
Applications:
The new areas other than dry cell, capacitor and bus bar industries are:
- Beverage industry
- Agro-chemicals and pesticides industry
- Bearing industry
- Hardware & hand tool industry
- Automobile industry
- Wire and cable industry
- Books and stationery
- Tooth paste and soap industry
- Textile industry
- LPG gas cylinders
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Audio/Video industry
Properties:
- Gives good aesthetics
- Printing being reverse, product looks attractive
- Takes any odd shape of product
- Labels being printed by rotogravure process give sharpness to the art-work of the matter been printed
The world over conventional paper labels being rapidly replaced by shrink labels and the same has started in India. Multinational like Hindustan Lever, Ponds (India), Proctor and, Pepsi Foods, Parle Products, have already developed/developing PVC Shrink labels for their products like Pepsi, Thumps up, Limca, Citra Gold Spot, Liril, Ponds Dream, Flower/Magic, all brands of shampoos, talcum powder etc. Along with this, the edible oil industry is also seriously thinking of shrink labels for their 1 litre/2 liter packs. Beverage industry is very keen to make their various brands of beers, brandy and packing more attractive by using colorful and attractive shrink labels.
