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SMI Coated Products Private Limited (SMI), a provider of label stock solutions, and FLEXcon Company, Inc., an innovator in adhesive coating and laminating, announced their partnership to provide durable label stocks across India.
SMI enjoys a strong brand presence among printers/converters in India. Until now, SMI has offered a wide range of paper and filmic label stock solutions using acrylic and rubber-based hot melt adhesives. By partnering with FLEXcon, SMI will offer polyester and vinyl label stocks with high-performance adhesives ideal for harsh environment labeling.
The company will initially offer eight of FLEXcon’s UL-recognized base films along with one robust overlaminate. The products will complement SMI’s existing offering to provide a full range of solutions across the automotive, outdoor power equipment, power tool, appliance, and electronics markets.
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FLEXcon has the capabilities to produce label materials that will enable SMI to effectively penetrate the durables market in their region,” said John Forster, VP of international sales & corporate development, FLEXcon. “
This synergistic relationship will allow SMI and FLEXcon to jointly provide exceptional products into the Indian market without the challenges of time differential or cultural barrier.”
The offering will include selections from established product lines such as THERMLfilm® NEXgen™ and COMPUcal® EXCEL™, as well as FLEXcon’s recently launched FLEXcon® NEXgen™ line. All are UL-recognized and easily adaptable into a printer/converter’s UL file, enabling them to support equipment OEMs that sell into regions of the world that require it. Most products also comply with both REACH and RoHS. The products utilize some of FLEXcon’s highest-performing adhesives along with topcoats that optimize printability with conventional, digital and hybrid printing platforms. Products will be available in either 27” or 30” masters with custom finishing available from SMI.
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The addition of durable labeling products from FLEXcon to our offering is in line with SMI’s resolve to provide consistently relevant solutions to our customers in an ever-broadening durable labels market,” said Ajay Mehta, founder & managing director, SMI
Source: Flexcon