What Is An In-mold Label

Observe carefully, have you found that some pet packaging bottles in the supermarket are very beautifully printed, and you can't touch the label when you touch it with your hands. What are the characteristics of this widely used in-mold label? Let's take a look with the editor look.

1. What is the in-mold label?
In-mold labels refer to pre-printed paper, composite or film labels that are backed with a special hot-melt adhesive and placed inside a mold before the plastic is blown, injected or thermoformed to create a plastic bottle. The label and the container form a whole, the label and the bottle body are basically on the same plane, and the edge of the label is invisible, as if the graphics and text are printed directly on the surface of the bottle body.

2. What are the advantages of in-mold labels?
The in-mold label fits the bottle shape very well, and the detail printing is better than screen printing, giving people an illusion of "no label". In a humid environment, the in-mold label will not bulge and become moldy. It is more suitable for cleaning products. In terms of cost, it is also lower than the self-adhesive label. In terms of anti-counterfeiting, the in-mold label is more anti-counterfeiting. In general, in-mold labels are waterproof, oil-proof, acid and alkali resistant, friction-resistant, freezeable, and soakable.

3. Nowadays, in-mold labels can be used for plastic packaging bottles of many materials, and this kind of printing is also commonly used for pet packaging bottles, as well as for toiletries, food, and medicine.
With everyone's emphasis on environmental protection, the in-mold labels for pet packaging bottles are also constantly improving the process, which is believed to solve the two major problems of environmental protection and production costs.