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A breakthrough in the application of luminescent chemistry by Kay Premium Marking Films
has netted a uniquely versatile vehicle for the production of low-cost safety wayfinder
signs and emergency equipment labels.
Exploiting its specialised vinyl casting and coating expertise, KPMF has created the
first fully flexible and conformable film that offers the “glow-in-the-dark”
luminous property which previously could be obtained only in rigid substrate form.
In addition to its unique conformability, the new luminescent film offers also, of course,
all of the other accepted benefits to sign and label makers of cast vinyl. It is self-adhesed,
it is straightforward to print, either digitally or by screen process, and it can be
readily cut on a plotter, platen, or by hand.
“When you think about it, marrying luminescence to a self-adhesive marking film
is such a blindingly obvious concept that one wonders it wasn’t done years ago,”
says KPMF’s operations director, Derek Brindley. “A fully flexible luminous
film is so much easier to convert and more versatile to use than a rigid substrate,
that it should prove a winner for all sorts of wayfinder signs and emergency equipment
labels.”
A bonus advantage of K74100 Luminescent Cast Vinyl – as the film is designated
by KPMF – is
its relative whiteness. Most luminescent materials have a rather sickly green tinge
to them which is apparent even in daylight. The new KPMF film glows a bright green in
the dark, but has a pleasant ivory appearance in the light.
K74100 Luminescent Cast Vinyl combines a 130 micron facefilm, offering a 10-year outdoor
life, with 150 gsm polyethylene release liner specifically designed to facilitate digital
printing from the roll. The adhesive is the multi-purpose permanent acrylic formulation
which KPMF employs for all of its cast vinyl products.
For further information please contact Denise Griffiths, Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd,
Oakwood Close, Penyfan Industrial Park, Crumlin, Newport NP11 3HY, Wales;
tel 01495 242 300; fax 01495 249 446; e-mail sales@kpmf.com
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