Application Focus - Tapes & Labels - Market Spotlight

Construction

High volume applications for tapes used in construction are duct tapes for constructing and insulating heating and air conditioning duct work. Other tapes are used for temporary or permanent bonding of various assemblies...
Decals and Signs

Decals are used for attaching logos, nameplates, or operational instructions on appliances, business machines, and other everyday products...
Medical

Medical and personal care tapes are used in many applications including protecting wounds, attaching dressings, securing intravenous needles, securing diapers, and for applying medication...
Office and Data Processing

Both blank and preprinted paper labels are used in the office for filling, identification, and other purposes. These products are generally on paper backing with a pressure sensitive adhesive...
Corrosion and General Protection

Chemically resistant polyethylene and vinyl-backed tapes are often continuously wrapped around large diameter steel pipe before the pipe is placed in the ground...
Electrical Tapes

Electrical tapes can be subdivided into two categories: OEM applications and electrician's tape...
Freezer

The food industry uses labels on freezer packages. These labels can be made with paper or polymeric film feedstock. To resist the cold temperatures the adhesives are generally made from a polymer with relatively low Tg...
Office and Graphics Arts

Office and graphic art tapes are generally used for laying out and attaching paper and film to larger sheets of paper or film. Clear cellophane film office tape is the most easily recognized product in this class. There are many applications...
Permanent labels

Permanent labels use an adhesive that cannot be easily removed from the substrate. They are generally used to discourage tampering or label switching. Permanent labels are often scored to aid in self-destruction...
Postage Stamps

Postage stamps are in a sense labels and they consume large quantities of adhesives. In the past, remoistenable adhesives such as dextrin (see natural occurring adhesives) have been used for this purpose...
Removable

Removable refers to an adhesive bond that can withstand the rigors of service but in which the substrates can be purposefully detached leaving little or no adhesive residue...
Splicing

Splicing tapes are used to join the end of a web from one roll to the beginning of the web from a second roll. This is common practice in conversion or manufacturing operations when handling continuous rolls of paper, film, fabric, etc...