Model Graphic’s expansive capabilities include producing shrink sleeves from print to finished roll. Shrink sleeve printing, seaming, and inspection are all handled in-house, which enables us to provide you with a higher level of quality.
Our shrink sleeves feature vibrant, 360-degree graphics with a glossy finish that helps products stand out in crowded retail environments. Boost shelf appeal with award-winning shrink sleeves that we can apply to both filled and unfilled containers.
Connect with the team at Model Graphics to learn more about our shrink sleeve manufacturing labels.
Industries & Applications That Benefit from Shrink Sleeves
The industries we serve with our shrink sleeve printing solutions include:
- Food & Beverage
- Health & Beauty
- Personal Care Products
- Craft Beverages / Alcohol
- Petcare Products
- Nutraceutical
- Household Products
End-to-End Shrink Sleeve Production
Even more impressive than our industry experience is our ability to offer comprehensive shrink sleeve services encompassing design, printing, and seaming. Containers we support range from straight wall candle jars and beer cans, to complex shaped spray bottles, and everything in between.
Graphic Design
The graphic design phase establishes the visual foundation for successful shrink sleeve printing. During this stage, our graphic designers build print-ready artwork or take customer-provided artwork and adjust it for material distortion during the shrinking process.
Shrink Sleeve Printing
We use flexographic printing for shrink sleeves because it is well suited to high-volume production. By producing flexo plates in-house, Model Graphics can make adjustments quickly and maintain tighter quality control.
Seaming
Once the shrink sleeve printing process is complete, the seaming process begins. This is when the flat film is formed into a continuous tube, bonding the overlapping edges with a solvent or ultrasonic seal. The result is a cylindrical sleeve customized to the container’s dimensions.
Inspection
Before shrink sleeves are applied to their intended containers, our quality control team conducts detailed inspections to verify there is no misregistration, color drift, or incomplete seams. We also compare the finished sleeves to the approved proofs to confirm dimensional accuracy and readability.
Shrink Sleeve Printing with Sustainability in Mind
Our shrink sleeves also offer a more sustainable approach to packaging as they are 100% recyclable if they’re removed from containers. We can also add perforations during the shrink sleeve printing process to make sleeve removal easier for customers. This also helps improve your brand’s shelf presence by appealing to shoppers who prioritize purchasing products with eco-friendly packaging.
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Embellishment & Finish Options for Truly Customized Shrink Sleeves
Model Graphics provides various shrink sleeve embellishments that enhance the graphics and functional components of your label. These embellishments include:
- Matte varnish — spot or full
- Foiling, including holographic imagery
- Specialty coatings, like the “soft touch” effect
- Scratch and smell
- Easy open features
- Thermochromatic
- Tamper-evident and easy removal perforations
Our expert team is ready to customize your shrink sleeves to fit the needs of your application. No matter if you’re looking for high-gloss beverage labels or tamper-evident cleaning product labels, we can help.
Why Partner with Model Graphics for Shrink Sleeves & More
Industries across different sectors partner with Model Graphics for contract labeling because of our long-standing history, capabilities, automatic application, award winning labels, and our unwavering commitment to fulfilling the needs of our customers.
For over forty years, our family-owned company has been guided by a “Fit, Form, Function – Pass/Fail” quality management philosophy. This means that we analyze our customers’ products to create labels customized to each application’s specifications.
Reach Out Today for More About Our Award-Winning Shrink Sleeves
Our ability to produce opaque white shrink sleeves has earned us awards from nationally recognized industry organizations. Plus, with our complete in-house shrink sleeve printing capabilities, you receive high quality, customized labels produced under tightly controlled processes.
Get in touch with the professionals at Model Graphics to learn how we can elevate the standard of your next project. We work with you every step of the way to ensure that all your needs are met and your vision is brought to life.
FAQs
Flexographic printing provides premium print quality and efficient high-volume production. Model Graphics’ in-house plate production reduces the need for outside vendors and ensures consistency between runs.
Uneven film shrinkage often requires artwork to be pre-distorted to ensure the intended appearance after application. This adjustment is particularly important for logos, barcodes, and text near a container’s neck or shoulder. Model Graphics evaluates your container and artwork and incorporates the necessary adjustments during prepress.
Model Graphics accommodates production runs ranging from 100 to 10 million sleeves, with no minimum or maximum order volume requirements.