FLEXcon widens chemical labeling product line

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Spencer-based FLEXCon has expanded its product labeling line to help customers comply with new standards, the company announced Wednesday.

The United Nations-developed Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of chemical classification and labeling requires that, by the end of 2014, U.S. manufacturers include product identifiers, hazard statements, signal words and supplier identification on all primary and secondary container labels.

For that reason, FLEXCon said it’s offering a polypropylene product that allows refineries and chemical plants to print their information via thermal transfer, a digital printing process by which material is applied to paper by melting a coating of ribbon. Polypropylene is favored by many chemical companies, FLEXCon said, since it’s unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids.

FLEXCon’s new product utilizes a permanent adhesive-backed with a post-consumer waste liner, the company said.

“Chemical manufacturers are finding it easier and more cost-effective to print GHS labels in-house as part of their packaging process,” John Bennett, FLEXCon vice president, said in a statement. “Our tried and true polyester…offers superior chemical resistance and may be better suited where caustic chemicals are concerned.”