Laser marking for colored and transparent plastics
Thanks to our patented additive technology, we can mark a wide variety of plastic product with high contrast and high speed.
Discover all the benefits of our solution and find out what we can do for you.
Benefits of laser marking using our special additives
There is a trend in consumer goods and electronics for product customization and personalization. Laser marking is able to fulfill these needs. Moreover, laser marking is the cheaper and more efficient choice for organizations in competitive markets. It is significantly more environmentally friendly than traditional printing techniques.
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High contrast and high-speed laser marking
High-speed marking is what customers are looking for. Our additives enable the fastest marking speeds in the market, whether you are marking polyolefin foils or TPU animal tags. In laser welding of thermoplastic parts speed and reliability are paramount. Our additives prove to be the best in the market.
Color – Laser Marking CombiBatch
To achieve optimal marking conditions on colored surfaces we develop special combi-masterbatches combining color with our laser additives. Color additives may interfere with the laser marking process, but we are able to choose the right colorants and optimize their ratios such that our customers are always guaranteed of achieving the best marking results.
Advantages:
Our laser marking solutions can be applied to all kinds of plastics. The surface can be soft, hard, curved or rough: no pretreatment is needed. The benefits of our laser marking technique include:
- Weather-, wear-, light-, and chemical resistant.
- Suitable for transparent polymers
- Highly versatile, low-cost extrusion process
- Additives in customized carrier
- Twin-screw or single screw extrusion
- Single step production possible, hence lower costs
- Combinations with any color possible
Application areas for laser marking
Laser marking can be used for a variety of reasons, such as personalization, increased product safety and anti-counterfeiting. Here are some examples of products we work on:
- Animal ear tags.
- Cables and wires.
- Caps and closures.
- Food and cosmetics packaging.
- Electronic components.
- Medical and laboratory devices.
Our laser marking additives are approved for products for food contact and medical devices.
INCA® technology
Our antimony free INCA technology:
- allows ultra-fast marking-on-the-fly
- allows transparent applications
- has no influence on background color