Special Service for special needs

20.9.2001

Special end-uses, technologies and packaging create demands that are best met with Raflatac’s special paper-based and synthetic labelling solutions.

Raflatac’s Special Service offers a wide range of special products, tailor-made to customers’ specific requirements. Raflatac’s Special Service produces specialty labelstock that allows customers to enhance their existing business with solutions that bring added value to special end-use areas or niche markets.

Cooperation is essential
Significant investment in technical service and close cooperation with material manufacturers and other allied companies are a central part of Raflatac’s Special Service.

Raflatac works in close cooperation with its customers to precisely determine the specifications of the Special product in question, making detailed analyses of the labelling surface, labelling conditions, storage conditions, product group and end-use. Raflatac’s new customized coater, laminator and film extruder provide consistent product quality for labelling solutions that meet customers’ special demands.

Innovative adhesives
Raflatac’s R&D department has extensive experience in the development of innovative adhesives, with solutions ranging from the traditional to the most demanding.

Our special materials expertise extends from paper-based labelling to the current growth area of synthetic labelling.

Service packages Menu Service
The Menu Service is a part of Raflatac’s Special Service. Customers can create their own special product combinations by choosing components from a menu.

The Menu Service currently features

  • almost 200 face materials
  • 34 adhesives
  • 25 backings.

The minimum order size varies depending on the product combination. For some products, the minimum order size has been lowered to 500 m². With the help of coaters that are dedicated to Special products, Raflatac offers its customers the flexibility to save in material and storage costs by placing small orders when necessary.

Customized products
Customized products are special combinations offered to all customers. It’s possible to order these products with additional features such as
  • back printing
  • special release and coat weight
  • pattern gumming
  • pattern siliconizing
  • custom coating

The Raflaweb
The Raflaweb, Raflatac’s on-line information tool for customers, has additional information for Special Service customers.

Special applications
End-use areas for special applications include:

  • Approvals
  • The beverage industry
  • The car industry
  • Digital labelling
  • The electronics industry
  • Holographic labelling
  • Multitac labelling
  • Open-closure labelling
  • Pharmaceutical labelling
  • Postal labelling
  • Security
  • Tyre labelling
  • Wine labelling

For further information about Raflatac’s Special Service, please contact Raflatac’s experts.