New: Adhesive material for low-migration labels

Press reports Self-adhesive Materials

22. August 2011

• The food-safe HERMAperfectStick is an innovation produced with multi-layer technology, based on a standard emulsion adhesive.
• The new adhesive has already been approved by the German test institute ISEGA for contact with dry, moist and fatty foodstuffs (reduction factor 3).
• "We are maintaining a strategy of endowing all-purpose standard adhesives with added value."

Manufacturing low-migration paper labels for food products has now been made simpler by HERMAperfect multi-layer technology. At LabelExpo 2011, HERMA is showcasing a new food-safe adhesive called HERMAperfectStick (code 62Dps), a further development of the standard adhesive 62D that has been enjoying success for several years. Because of the innovative multi-layer structure of the HERMAperfectStick adhesive the migration of its constituents is reduced effectively. The initial tack has been improved at the same time. The adhesive 62Dps has already been tested by the German institute ISEGA and certified for direct contact with dry, moist and fatty foodstuffs (reduction factor 3).

"HERMAperfectStick is maintaining our strategy of endowing high-performance, all-purpose standard adhesives with added value," says HERMA managing director Dr. Thomas Baumgärtner. "And low-migration food labelling is a highly relevant topic at the moment. The 62Dps gives users the security they need at all times. This applies not only to the direct, often unintentional contact that is made with foodstuffs, but also in situations in which the packaging material, such as film, is designed to provide, but is not always capable of ensuring a fully effective protective barrier." The new adhesive is being presented at LabelExpo (Hall 11, Booth 11R100) in combination with two paper grades, namely HERMAextracoat (code 242), a white adhesive label paper, semi-gloss coated on one side; and HERMAtherm K (code 917), an economy thermal paper without a protective topcoat.