Mactac And Armor Boost Sustainability Efforts

“By specializing in sustainable product improvement, Mactac and Armor are serving to make sure the labeling trade is making strides in lowering the impression on the atmosphere – which is a precedence of Mactac and our mother or father firm, Lintec,” says Sara Damante, senior advertising and marketing supervisor, Mactac Efficiency Adhesives.

Tim Maher, director of gross sales for Armor North America, provides, “Armor adopts a long-term imaginative and prescient of its enterprise, deeming sustainability important to success. Our eco-design efforts give attention to growing merchandise that ship measurable advantages. Our inkanto AWR 8 ribbon is manufactured with our Solfree coating course of, making it the one true solvent-free ribbon on the earth. Moreover, our diminished movie content material ribbons ship distinctive efficiency whereas bettering the carbon impression on the atmosphere.”

As companions, Mactac and Armor have performed intensive analysis and testing on Mactac merchandise paired with Armor merchandise, and have returned extremely optimistic outcomes in favor of trade options which can be extra sustainable.

For instance, when Mactac’s Optiscan thermal switch merchandise (Optiscan V, Optiscan Ok and Optiscan 2C) with Bloom hello.mpact liner and Armor’s inkanto APR1 wax-resin thermal switch ribbon are used collectively, printers, converters and finish customers profit.

Mactac’s Optiscan merchandise guarantee higher than 20% extra labels per roll on the identical authentic diameter, growing converter/end-user profitability by way of much less uncooked materials utilization, extra labels/footage per roll, much less packaging waste and diminished freight.

“The Optiscan collection options clean, smudge-resistant vivid white facestocks designed for high-speed thermal switch printing and changing – and the Optiscan V and Ok facestocks are 14% thinner caliper than different merchandise available on the market,” says Damante. “Optiscan can be out there with Mactac’s ultra-thin 1.7-mil Bloom hello.mpact glassine paper liner.”

Equally, Armor’s inkanto APR1 wax-resin ribbon reduces plastic waste by 12% and ensures extra prints per roll. Maher provides, “There’s rising market demand for these kinds of merchandise, which inspires us to proceed our efforts to deliver extra sustainable options for the labeling trade.”

Mactac/Armor thermal switch options are appropriate for variable data printing and labeling functions corresponding to transport, warehouse labels, work-in-process labels, meals supply seals, and extra.