1 JULY 2010 - FESPA retrospective: HEXIS goes green

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6th July 2010

Source: Hexis S.A.

1 JULY 2010 - FESPA retrospective: HEXIS goes green

At this year's FESPA show in Munich, the French vinyl manufacturer Hexis launched an all-new cast Latex digital printing film and gloss laminate destined for vehicle wrapping applications. Both films are PVC-free and do not contain any solvents, plasticisers or heavy metals. The compound is flexible and conformable enough to be suitable for car wraps and in general applications that demand a conformable film.

At FESPA Hexis used a TESLA all-electric roadster to demo the new films and emphasise their environment-friendly qualities.

The latex film – made of an aqueous emulsion of a plastic material – is free of all those materials with certain environmental issues such as PVC, solvents, plasticisers and heavy metals.

The HXL300WG2 has a thickness of 100µm and boasts a printed and laminated vertical outdoor exposure of 3 years. It can be printed with all types of solvent and eco-solvent inks including Mutoh bio inks and HP latex ink.

The HXL300WG2 is for dry application and it carries the proven HEX’Press structured PE-liner to make the film repositionable during application and ease egress of any trapped air bubbles.

Hexis manufactures a full line of graphic vinyl and digital printing media used for sign making and vehicle markings. The company is based in Frontignan, near Montpellier, France with subsidiaries in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States and with affiliate Hexis companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK. The group exports some 40% of its sales to over 40 countries worldwide, with a consolidated turnover of EUR 43 million in 2009.

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