WESSCO®

UV coatings for high-value packaging

​​​​​​​WESSCO® UV coatings are versatile. Whether gloss or matt coatings, structure coatings, rainbow products that make the colors of the rainbow shine or silver coatings for brilliant highlights - everyone will find what they are looking for in this extensive portfolio. Added to this are our low-migration (LM) UV coatings for food packaging..

Discover WESSCO®, our brand for UV coatings in the packaging and label industries. Also available: WESSCO® UV laminating adhesives.

WESSCO® LOW MIGRATION COATINGS

This is a portfolio of low migration UV coatings, including both standard and specialty products. Coatings have been developed for the use on food packaging in the indirect contact to dry and fat-including foodstuffs without the use of a functional or absolute barrier. They are compliant with legal requirements and meet the overall and specific migration limits. In order to fulfill customer requirements, we also offer customized coating solutions. Contact us for your product recommendation.

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Requirements for UV coatings:


The requirements for a packaging depend on who is using it when and what for. Thus, different factors count for the brand owner and the packaging manufacturer compared to the buyer. On the one hand, these are economy, processing method, production speed, effect and food conformity. On the other hand, we speak about functionality, environmental friendliness as well as the tactile and visual aesthetics of a packaging. WESSCO® UV coatings optimally combine both demands.

Applications:
  • Gravure, flexo or offset printing
  • Foil and cardboard substrates
  • Webfed: Shrink Sleeve, tubes, labels and flexible packaging
  • Sheetfed: Publications and packaging

Advantages:
  • Suitable for the high-speed production 
  • Bright glossy effects
  • Great slippery
  • High scratch resistance
  • Low odor

You can also discover our WESSCO® UV laminating adhesives here.

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