What is Self Adhesive Material?

Self adhesive material, also known as pressure sensitive material, is a type of material that sticks to a surface when you apply pressure. It is made by a process called coating, which involves applying the adhesive and the release liner to the facestock.

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Self Adhesive Material's Basic Structure

Due to their convenient and efficient use characteristic, adhesive labelsafter graphic printing and machine-cutting, have been widely applied to supermarkets, logistics, electronic products, chemical industries, medicines, foods, clothing, and other businesses.

Analyze from self-adhesive material's basic structure: it is mainly made of 4 parts:

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• Coating
• Facestock
• Adhesive
• Release Liner

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Each component has many categories, based on different matching methods, it can produce different products to satisfy different purposes and intended uses.

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Coating

Coating is a thin film applied to the facestock, which can improve the printing performance, water resistance, abrasion resistance of the facestock.

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There are various types of coating, such as glossy coating, matte coating, pearlescent coating, etc.

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Facestock

Facestock is the surface material of the self adhesive products, which is used to receive graphic printing and transport information, and also adapt to various processing ways such as printing, die cutting，etc.

The common surface materials are paper, film, cloth, etc. Using it depending on the print ways and final application. The high quality and excellent stability products should choose materials with suitable printing surfaces and stable inner structure material.

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• Paper Types: Cast Coated Paper, Semi Gloss, Woodface Paper, Thermal Paper, Thermal Transfer Paper, Aluminum Foil Paper, Fluorescent Paper, Kraft Paper, etc.
• Film Types：PET Film, PVC Film, PP Film, PE Film, Rainbow Film, etc.
• Cloth Types: Silk, Sticky Cloth and so on.
• Ohters: Foam, Double Faced Adhesive Tape, Fragile Paper, Pure Aluminum, Lamination Film/Matt Lamination Film and so on.

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Read our article Facestock Material Choices of Self Adhesive Label if you want to know more details about the facestock materials of self adhesive label.

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Adhesive

The adhesive is an intermediary between label material and basis substrate, which plays an important part in bonding. According to its characters, it can be divided into two kinds: permanent and removable. There are various formulas which make it can be applied for different surfaces and occasions.

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Read our article Label Adhesive: What is it and How to Choose if you want to know more about the Label Adhesive.

Release Liner

The liner can be divided into single-sided PE-coated release paper, back-sealing release paper, glassine release paper, and transparent release film. According to the release force, the liner can be divided into light, medium, and heavy. The selection of base materials depends on the way of processing and labeling.

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The Applications of Self Adhesive Material

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Food Labels

As food labels, display on the shelves not only has shelf benefits but also covers legal and other regulatory requirements.

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As consumers' scruples and packaging, after the food label is labeled, it will be stocked in a different environment and different environment has a direct influence on the label. Label in a freezing environment, damp environments are different from normal temperature.

Different food packages, such as glass, plastic, cartons, etc, have certain requests for labels. Therefore, in light of the diversity of food packaging and the difference in storage conditions can provide corresponding products to meet the demand.

Wine Labels

The label is not only used for the rapid growth of the wine market but also can promote the development of the wine label industry.

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People not only confined the wine logo's identity role but also requested it reflect the wine quality, show the wine culture, etc. So the wine culture needs to fuse to the wine label design. New materials and new technology are used in the label. New products will be reflected in the wine culture.

Electronic Labels

Electronic and electrical appliance labels have rub resistance, lasting durability, etc.

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A variety of applications, especially the label information need associated with the entire product life cycle. This information includes showing information, serial numbers, warnings, safety instructions, and heat transfer overprint variable information.

The battery label needs high-temperature resistance and good fitness. Based on the wide range of electronic tags usage, self-adhesive material has a battery label, nameplate, tracking label, warning label, information label, etc.

Medicine Labels

GMP certification standards issued, the pharmaceutical industry for the beauty of labels, image clarity, code printing, and fast labeling all have high requirements.

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According to the characteristics of the pharmaceutical industry, bottle labels, blood collection labels, blood bag labels, and infusion labels, we can provide the corresponding solutions.

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Home Care Labels

Full of beautiful daily chemical products on the shelves, How to attract the consumers' attention and finish sales, the perfect packing can help the goods stand out of the crowd.

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To effectively achieve shelf benefit, the bottles show different shapes, and the label will fuse a variety of complex processes. So the printing process of this kind of label is relatively complex and has high requirements on the material surface.

At the same time, different shape bottles and labeling requirements need to be ap- appropriate for raw materials. At present, PE film, PP film, laser film, paper, and so on can be used for home care labels.

Easy Pull Labels

Easy pull label has the characteristics of convenient use, clean and beautiful. It has been widely used in sanitary napkins, paper towels, and wet paper towels. Because of the application scope and different uses can provide transparent, white, and aluminum film adhesive material.

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Supermarket Labels

The base material of supermarket labels is usually a thermal material, which is coated with colorless dye and developed on the surface of paper or film and presents pictures and texts under hot conditions to realize information transmission.

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According to the actual application, the one-proof thermal paper, the three-proof thermal paper, the thermal synthetic paper or the transparent thermal film can be selected.

Logistics Labels

Labels used in the logistics industry are required to have a good pasting effect and can meet the requirements of variable information printing and information can be read at any time during the process of logistics transportation, without default.

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To meet the needs of the logistics industry with high efficiency, economy, and environmental protection, we can provide a variety of products.

Industrial Chemical Labels

The petroleum and industrial chemical industry covers a wide range, and diversity of packaging, and packaging materials involved in plastic, aluminum, iron fiber, etc.

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This kind of material generally has a rough surface, the storage environment is complex and may involve high temperature, high humidity, low temperature, and damp environment.

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It requires tags to have certain weather resistance functions. For the industry characteristics, we will increase the PP series based on the common products.

Tire Labels

Different tires, rough surfaces, different textures, and contain a lot of easy migration and infiltrate chemical additives that are attached to the tire surface.

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As tire labels, need to match the completion of the above challenges, also need to overcome the change of environmental temperature and humidity and labeling way.

According to the characteristics of the tire and use characteristics, we developed an aluminum foil art paper tire label, 25 # milky white PET aluminum tire label, pearl film tire label, etc. A series of products to meet the application.

Toy Labels

Variety of beautiful stickers, numerous childlike sticker books, good designed toys, all those constructed a wonderful childhood dream.

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To care for the children's healthy and happy growth, we take strict control of harmful substances, both in raw material selection and production process control, to ensure product safety.

Stationery Labels

Stationery labels are widely used in schools, enterprises, and offices, which can be used as a pen, and file labels.

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Conclusion

Self Adhesive Material is a type of material that sticks to a surface when you apply pressure. It consists of three main components: the facestock, the adhesive, and the release liner. It is made by a process called coating, which involves applying the adhesive and the release liner to the facestock.

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Self adhesive material offers many benefits, such as convenience, versatility, durability, and aesthetics. It can be used for various applications, such as labeling, packaging, signage, graphic design, and more. Self adhesive material can be classified into different types, based on the type of facestock, adhesive, or application.

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We hope this article has helped you understand what self adhesive material is, how it is made, and why it is useful.

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As professional self-adhesive material manufacturer, if you have any questions or need any help with your self adhesive material needs, please feel free to contact us. We are always here to help you. Thank you for your trust and support. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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