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MATERIAL NOTES

Selection, converting, compliance:
the specific questions.

Eight pieces on the things we get asked most during quoting and sampling. No jargon, and every number can be checked against a supplier.

01 · Selection5 min
Thermal or coated: pick the face stock by printer, not by habit
Two stocks look the same on the roll and behave nothing alike on the line. The deciding question is not price per square metre — it is what prints the label.
02 · Materials4 min
Blue liner, white liner: what the colour actually tells you
The liner is not packaging. It is the surface the die cuts against, the web the sensor sees, and the reason your labels either peel cleanly or tear.
03 · Adhesive5 min
Why labels lift in the freezer, and the three things to change
A label that fails at −18 °C almost never failed because the adhesive was weak. It failed because three materials moved at different rates.
04 · Converting4 min
The 2 mm gap that decides what your label costs
Die layout looks like a technical detail. It is the single biggest lever on material efficiency, stripping reliability and whether the web survives the run.
05 · Equipment4 min
40 mm or 76 mm core: what actually changes on your line
Core size is usually decided by whatever the last supplier shipped. It sets your maximum roll diameter, your changeover frequency and whether the roll fits the mandrel at all.
06 · Consumables4 min
Wax, wax-resin, resin: matching the ribbon to the face stock
Most ribbon problems are not ribbon problems. They are a mismatch between the ink, the surface it lands on, and what the label has to survive afterwards.
07 · Compliance6 min
What EU buyers now ask about label compliance
Compliance questions have moved from a tick-box on the supplier form to a document request before the first order. Here is what is actually being asked, and what we can evidence.
08 · Selection4 min
A4 sheets or rolls: where the crossover actually sits
Sheets win on flexibility and lose on unit cost. Rolls win on automation and lose on minimum quantity. The crossover is a specific number, not a matter of taste.