Raflatac releases new product and service brochures

Raflatalk 2/2005 focuses on films and RFID
The Labelexpo Europe issue of Raflatac’s customer magazine focuses mainly on films for end-use segments ranging from beverage to home and personal care. Raflatalk also offers insights into RFID. Available in English, German, French and Spanish.

Raflatac in brief
The updated company brochure is your guide to Raflatac’s worldwide organization.

Beverage Labelling - Products for PS beverage growth
The new Beverage Labelling brochure introduces Raflatac’s dedicated range of labelstocks for the beverage industry that answers growing demand for thin materials and an enhanced no-label look. Each product is designed to offer excellent printability, convertibility and duarability in modern high-speed labelling machinery.

Personal Care Labelling – Labels that take good care of the brand
The new Personal Care Labelling brochure outlines Raflatac’s expanding range of multifunctional films offer for the personal care segment. The product range includes new and innovative materials that cater to growing demand for thin materials, high transparency, wall-to-wall squeezability and superb printability. Films labelstock from Raflatac performs flawlessly during conversion and dispensing to produce eye-catching and attractive labels that keep their good looks througout their lifecycle.
 
Service by Raflatac
A new brochure, Service by Raflatac, presents Raflatac's service concept including Standard Business and Special Business.

Detailed technical information for the Raflatac product range
The updated catalogue, Pressure Sensitive Labelstock - Technical Information, for the European market presents Raflatac’s entire product range according to the component face materials, adhesives and backings. Each is described in term of its qualities, suggested areas of application and technical details in full.

Adhesive Book – A useful reference to Raflatac’s entire adhesive range
The updated Adhesive Book by Raflatac is a complete guide to making the right choice of adhesive for a range of end-use applications. It identifies the problems encountered with different substrates and environmental conditions and describes the composition and properties of the various adhesives developed in response.

Raflaclear - Consistent conversion, clarity that lasts
The Raflaclear product card introduces Raflatac’s new Raflaclear that offers a fresh and bright look for a range of clear-on-clear labelling applications. The RP 74 adhesive on this product has been specially designed to retain its clarity even in humid labeling conditions and give a crystal clear wet-out with Raflaclear’s PET30 backing. Printable with all conventional techniques, Raflaclear is ideally suited to end-uses requiring high clarity that lasts in moist environments, particularly personal care and beverage labelling.

Raflex - Personal care beyond compare
Conformable and flexible, thin and transparent, Raflex offers a unique combination of properties for clear labels on contoured, squeezable packaging. Raflex is also an advantage in its efficiency. The functionality provided by this one solution covers a wide range of filmic end-uses as it incorporates the most valued properties of PE and PP. Raflex particularly excels in the personal care segment, answering the trend towards increasingly contoured, squeezable packaging with the best possible label integration. The new Raflex product card includes a product sample.

Iridescent - Colour effects for labels that live
Raflatac’s Iridescent offers an eye-catching, effective new way to support brand recognition and capture attention at the point of sale. A creative resource for brand designers and a competitive tool on store shelves, this thin iridescent film benefits any end-use requiring differentiation and visual impact, particularly those in personal care. Where required the product can be overvarnished to give a matt finish. The new Iridescent product card includes a product sample.

Raflatac’s Direct Thermal and Thermal Transfer offerings
Raflatac has applied its universally acknowledged expertise in pressure sensitive labelstock to design and produce a range of dedicated thermal transfer products to meet virtually every need. Detailed information on Raflatac's Direct Thermal and Thermal Transfer offerings are given in this new Direct Thermal Transfer book.

Matching the right Raflatac labelstock with the most suitable appropriate transfer ribbons, the Ribbon Recommendations Directory is an invaluable companion to the Direct Thermal Transfer book.

Duoface – Marking a new era in manual A4 logistics
The innovative Jetlaser Duoface from Raflatac has two faces yet no liner to benefit converters and end-users in A4 logistics. It doubles converting capacity, reduces costs and saves on warehousing. Duoface eliminates waste, stores compactly, many more labels can be loaded into the printer and hand application is faster. An ideal choice for warehousing and packing lines, Duoface also enhances visibility when information is printed across two labels or when identical labels are separately applied for ease of viewing.

Wine labelling brochure
The updated Wine labelling brochure is your guide to Raflatac’s global wine labelling solutions. A limited quantity of sample folders available.

A4 VIP Book
The updated A4 VIP Book for the European market focuses on Raflatac’s innovations for A4 applications and includes practical information for conversion and end-use.

Raflatac & HP Indigo digital product sample book
Digital printing makes it possible to produce high-quality labels in small volumes. HP Indigo offers a long shelf life and good liquid ink anchorage. Currently available in English. German and French language versions will follow soon.

Raflatac & Xeikon digital printing
Raflatac offers an extensive range of specially developed products for Xeikon-based printing. The Raflatac & Xeikon digital printing brochure is currently available in English. German and French language versions will follow soon.

Raflatac & Label Traxx
Raflatac offers the value added features of Label Traxx 4.2, a modern business management software package that makes it easier to safely purchase Raflatac products and manage your inventory. Raflatac & Label Traxx brochure is available only in English.

Brochures can be obtained in print or by download from www.raflatac.com, under News and Publications on Raflatac’s regional European website. Copies of all brochures may also be obtained from Raflatac Communications (fax +358 2041 68136, e-mail raflatac@raflatac.com).