Tags in the food industry has a role that cannot be ignored, manufacturer product information could be sent through labels to the market, consumers can also through the TAB, select the product that you want at the same time, the detection department inspector will be according to the label of product, therefore, the label of the food industry demand is very exuberant. With the development of the industry, label printing is also constantly upgrading innovation.
The wide application of labels and the constant development of label varieties have naturally promoted the development of label printing technology. Label printing covers all printing methods including flat, convex, concave and net. Can be seen from the development trend of global label in recent years, rotary printing, digital printing flexographic printing, narrow in European and American countries as a new bright spot label printing, but also to the development trend of label printing.
The label is mainly used in daily chemical, cosmetics, electronic appliances, medicine, daily necessities, food and beverage, supermarket retail and logistics products and industries. Among them, the demand of daily, food and medical treatment of label products is particularly prominent.
According to the research group data of the label printing industry of the forward-looking industry research institute, China's label printing output value was 19 billion yuan in 2010, with a production capacity of 2.5 billion square meters, up 20% year-on-year. In 2011, the value of the label printing was 23 billion yuan, and the output reached 3 billion square meters, up 20% year on year. Label printing industry with the development of the market economy in our country, especially the date, food, washing supplies, medicine, cosmetics, household appliances and small home appliance, as well as the rapid development of supermarkets, logistics and other industries and the rapid growth, after several years of development, label printing industry chain has been formed.
At present, the global self-adhesive label printing according to the different ways of printing can be divided into flexo printing primarily in North America, with letterpress and flexo half of Europe and the asia-pacific region is given priority to with embossed the three camps.
In North America, flexographic printing is a typical example of the printing of adhesive labels. Main equipment unit is small and medium-sized printing unit, give priority to with ink, using roll to roll printing, circle pressure circle die-cutting way, has high production efficiency, the craft is advanced, and conform to the requirements of environmental protection, etc.
European markets letterpress and flexo half, flexo printing application of basic the same as the United States, all use UV letterpress printing ink, equipment most for cascading or satellite, also for the roll to roll printing material processing way.