Advanced label adhesives enhance performance
Don’t settle for standard label adhesives when performance is paramount. Our tech team integrates advanced adhesives designed for your exact process and environment to optimize efficiency and prevent label failure.
Upgrade to custom labels
- Give us some initial information
- Talk to a label expert
- Review and test your custom label
- Production and shipping
Why choosing the right label adhesive matters
It goes without saying that one major job of a label is to stick to a surface and convey information. But what surface? And for how long?
You need a skilled, experienced label design team at your back to make sure your labels meet all your adhesion needs.
What goes into choosing the right adhesive?
CleanMarks’s tech team considers three main aspects of adhesion when choosing the adhesive for your custom-engineered label:
- Duration
- Surface type
- Environmental factors
Duration of adhesion
Whether you’re labeling wafer boxes in a semiconductor manufacturing facility or samples in a clinical trial, we’ll choose an adhesive that stays put when and how you need it to.
Permanent
Stay adhered over long periods of time in your specific environment
Repositionable
Adhere when placed, remove without residue, and securely adhere in a new location
Removable
Optimized for secure temporary use and residue-free removable
Surface type
Our tech team is experienced with surfaces that make adhesion difficult, from the tight curves of PCR tubes to low surface energy (LSE) plastics.
Non-flat surfaces
Highly flexible, conformable label materials paired with pressure-sensitive adhesive with strong tack to ensure reliable adhesion, preventing label lift.
LSE materials
Aggressive, high-tack adhesives designed specifically for Low Surface Energy (LSE) surfaces prevents label failure on the most challenging surfaces.
Environmental factors
In research and manufacturing settings, labels often need to withstand extreme conditions like heat and chemical exposure, and they may even need to be applied in those conditions.
Moisture
From hydrophilic adhesives to wet-applied or freezer-grade options, we’ll find the adhesive that works best for your application procedure.
Extreme temps
Our team has the materials knowledge and practical experience to know which adhesive to choose for the most extreme hot and cold conditions.
Chemical exposure
We have access to an array of fluoropolymer-based, silicone, acrylic or epoxy-based chemical-resistant adhesives to ensure adhesion.
Need help choosing the right label adhesive?
Tamper resistance and void upon removal
When safety matters, tamper resistant adhesives ensure that labels are not altered, removed, or transferred. Our team can help you choose the best tamper-indicating adhesive option.
Evidence of removal
Adhesives can leave behind a “VOID” message, checkerboard pattern, or residue when the label is peeled off.
Re-use prevention
Prevent reapplication or transfer with labels that shred and become unreadable when removal is attempted.
Signs of alteration
Block tampering with adhesives that discolor, warp, or become unreadable if exposed to heat, solvents, or attempts at peeling
Cleanroom-compatible label adhesives
Sensitive cleanroom environments can be jeopardized by the wrong adhesive choice, which is why use cleanroom-specific adhesives when manufacturing our clean labels.
Low outgassing
Silicone-free, low-VOC (volatile organic compound) adhesives prevent contamination of sensitive environments and maintain air purity in research and manufacturing cleanrooms.
Residue-free removable adhesives
Residue-free adhesives remove without leaving residue that could attract dust or compromise cleanliness — perfect for semiconductor manufacturing wafer boats.
Non-particulating adhesives
Prevent shedding or flaking with adhesives engineered to ensure no loose particles enter cleanroom air circulation systems, jeopardizing sensitive processes.
Let us design the perfect label for you
The perfect label isn’t chosen, it’s created. CleanMark puts 40 years of labeling expertise to work for our customers. We research your exact technical and operational needs and then design a label that meets them perfectly.
Join the list of innovative companies partnering with CleanMark
Stay up to date on labeling advances in your industry
From white papers to industry surveys and ebooks, we’ll make sure you’re informed about the latest technology that can make your operations more efficient and less stressful.
Have more questions? We have answers!
Read on for answers to our customers’ most common questions.
