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The so-called in-mold label is not a peeling layer and can be molded at once, during the molding process the label or appliqué will directly fuse into the inner wall of container and make it integral one, then waiting for entering filling line. The material of in-mold label usually adopt thin film and plastic, and they can make labels not only more attractive, but also improve labels’ abrasion resistance, high temperature-resistance, and water-proof, moisture-proof, etc.

The advantages of IML

Why in-mold labels can attract so many insiders’ eyes, the reasons are as follows:

1). The conventional decorating label for containers like pressure-sensitive label, shrinkage label and self-adhesive label all have next process, while the IML process eliminates the labeling step and all associated equipments and labor cost.

2). The In-Mold label has greater advantages in label's designing and creativity. Its design can range from all kinds of planar to 360 packages, it can be three faces, four faces, five faces, and even eight faces. The shape of label can also be a rectangular, circle and oval, square and so on. IML used in Yogurt boxes, juice bottles and series of irregular container can have a good decorative effective and can be easily realized full decoration for containers.

3). IML can improve the barrier, water-proof, moisture-proof of containers.

4). The material of IML is similar with container ,so is easy for recycling, thus can lower the cost and improve the value of products.