Innovative Material for Stretch Sleeve Labels - Triple S®

CCL Label Völkermarkt GmbH in Austria, has developed a new Super Stretch Sleeve — Triple S^® — that opens up a range of new possibilities and supports a sustainable recycling process. The new Super Stretch Sleeve material construction makes an optimal recycling process possible. New development was awarded at AWA AWARDS for being the most innovative and sustainable Stretch Sleeve.

This new technology competes very favorably against Shrink Sleeves from the environmental and cost point of view. The high elasticity of the Triple S^® film, coupled with stretchable inks developed specially for this application, allows sleeve application to individually designed and strikingly shaped containers.
It is a cost-effective solution for premium brands’ contoured containers. A material stretch of up to 54% means the system is ideal for shaped bottles with variations in diameter of up to 35%. In addition to this, 50% less material is needed than for a comparable shrink sleeve.

Thanks to its low density it’s easily recyclable and compared to a Shrink Sleeve the carbon footprint of a Triple S is four times smaller. No wonder Gerolsteiner, Coca-Cola and other Evropean produsers chose material for their labels

Benefits:

• 50% less material than a comparable shrink sleeve
• ideal for squeezable bottles
• always fit tightly and perfectly flush
• reverse printing protects graphics (scuffing)
• up to 50% cost saving
• high efficiency
• ideal system for shaped bottles with variations in the diameter of up to 35%
• easy removal
• no glue contamination
• enables bottle to bottle recycling, clean separation from PET flakes
• no water pollution
• label waste can be recycled, closed loop
• lowest carbon footprint of all decoration technologies
• less material consumption
• less transportation volume
• no shrink tunnel
• no adhesive needed
• low energy input of film production and label waste recycling