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The right adhesive material for the right beer label. The choice of material should not be taken lightly. The material can completely change the perception of your beer and brand. Oppaca offers various types of media for printing beer labels.

Coated papers

The Coated Paper is a smooth and superficially treated paper with matte or glossy finishes with a high white point (clean white), capable of making any color shine.

Glossy paper

This high gloss pure cellulose paper with off-machine chrome application is free from mechanical pulp. This cardstock is subject to a water-resistant treatment that prevents creases forming and reduces the absorption of water on the surface. This glossy paper is suitable to all types of application, its specific characteristics make the colours on your label stand out, being shinier and more brilliant. This paper stock is also resistant to immersion in water and ice.

Matte paper

This wood-free paper is matte, coated off-machine. Resistant to wetting and alkalis, this coated paper has been subject to water-resistant treatment. Its special properties render this cardstock ideal for all applications, specifically for multicolour overprint labels with thermal treatment. Water-resistant matte paper is also resistant to immersion in water and ice.

Natural paper is a paper with an untreated appearance, characterized by particular textures, natural colors with different shades of white or ivory and different paper weights. Find out with us what their salient features are, and which types of natural paper go best with your craft beer labels.

Felt-marked paper

It is a pure cellulose natural paper, marked with felt on both sides. Its anti-pulping treatment prevents the formation of wrinkles and reduces the absorption of water on the surface of the paper. Thanks to these special features, your beer bottle will resist condensation. It is suitable for printing high quality adhesive beer labels.

Embossed paper

This natural paper is embossed and passed through a smoothing press with a treatment to render it resistant to water, alkali, and mildew. The embossing is quite evident, inferring an “orange peel” effect to the paper that makes it ideal for beer labels with strong character and personality.

Cotton paper

This natural paper in 100% cotton fibre has been treated to make this cardstock resistant to water and mildew, having a porous texture. Due to the nature of the raw materials utilised, there may be some minor impurities and/or changes in colour. The water-resistant treatment applied prevents the formation of creases and reduces water being absorbed on the paper’s surface, ensuring your product is able to pass the ice bucket test. It is ideal for collectible and special beers. It is also particularly suitable for printing simple and minimalist beer labels.

Plastic materials are materials made of polypropylene and can have glossy, opaque and transparent finishes. Ideal for maximum resistance to the bucket.

Glossy polypropylene

This polypropylene film is white, glossy, bioriented and features a top-coated finishing. It is suitable for beer labels that need to be long-lasting and resistant to moisture From an aesthetic perspective, this material renders colours brighter and super glossy for a highly effective visual impact.

Matte polypropylene

Matte polypropylene is a white, opaque polypropylene film with a top-coated treatment. As in the glossy version, it is recommended for beer labels where long life and resistance to humidity are required. It makes the colors more intense while maintaining a very refined matte finish.

Transparent polypropylene

It is a transparent, glossy, bi-oriented polypropylene film with a top-coated treatment. The clear version, like the glossy and the opaque, is recommended for beer labels where long shelf life and moisture resistance are required but, unlike these two, it is great for creating clear beer labels to apply on bottles and cans. whose content you want to show through a "no label look" effect.

The transparent finish of this material is ideal if you want to make the contents of the package visible. Using selective opaque white it is possible to create transparent parts on the adhesive label itself. The selective opaque white is a very opaque ink that serves as a base on transparent materials for the subsequent printing of shades. The areas that will be left transparent must be free of selective opaque white. The selective opaque white must in fact be present only on those areas of the adhesive label that must be opaque and conceal the content inside.

Special materials are out of the ordinary and are used for particular and innovative beer labels. If your wine is an over the top product and you want to communicate its uniqueness, this category of materials is the one for you.

Metallic silver paper

It is a shiny silver metallic paper, free from wood and composed of a layer of high gloss vacuum laminated aluminum. It is great if you want to achieve a reflective and sparkling effect that will make your beer stand out on the shelf.

Protective Varnish

The protective varnish, a colorless coating applied to the final printed work, allows you to safeguard the intense and brilliant colors of your beer labels from exposure to the sun and abrasion caused by transport. You can choose between a glossy finish, recommended to increase color saturation and at the same time ensure a good degree of protection; and a matte finish, if you are looking for elegance and refinement for your beer label. The natural substrates are painted with a water-based paint that does not alter either the color or the texture of the paper, while in the case of glossy substrates it is recommended to use a protective glossy varnish that does not alter the appearance of the substrate.

Oppaca cares about your satisfaction and the quality of its products, which is why it applies a layer of protective varnish to all the labels it produces to guarantee greater resistance over time.

You can choose between:

• Matt protective varnish
• Glossy protective varnish

Lamination

Lamination is a process that allows you to protect your personalized beer labels. It is a very thin film of plastic material that is applied to the printed substrate and allows, in addition to a good degree of protection, to give brightness or opacity to your final work. The main advantage of lamination is the ability to protect the surface of the beer label from any drops of product that could ruin it. Lamination is the solution to this problem. You can choose between different types of finishes: glossy, if you want to increase the saturation of the colors in the beer label; opaque, if you want to give the label a more elegant and refined look; and soft-touch to make the beer label velvety.

You can give a final touch to your beer label with:

•    Glossy Lamination
•    Matte Lamination
•    Soft-Touch Lamination

A good graphic design and the right material are not enough to create beer labels with a winning appeal. Another decisive element is needed: the embellishment. Discover the embellishments with which you can enhance your personalized beer labels. And don't forget to protect them properly.

Hot foil

With hot foil, or hot stamping, you can intervene on the intensity and brightness of the colors but above all give some parts of the graphic design a metallic effect, in terms of color and texture. The printing process consists in making a thin metal sheet, called hot foil, adhere to the beer label due to the effect of heat and pressure. You express your imagination and choose from different shades the one that best suits your needs. The warm reflections of the Ducal Gold are perfect if you want to achieve a classic style while the Glossy and Opaque Gold are excellent for highlighting some details of the beer label thanks to the elegant and reflective golden nuances. The particularity of Copper and its shades tending to orange and red is instead recommended for creating labels with a strong personality. Finally, with Shiny and Opaque Silver you can embellish your beer labels with more or less reflective silver effects and focus on more modern atmospheres.

High-Build Gloss Varnish

High-build gloss varnish is a screen printing process that allows you to highlight some graphic elements of the beer label, creating a glossy three-dimensional effect. To achieve this result, screen printing frames are used that allow high-precision printing, both in large and small sizes. It is recommended to embellish the beer label both visually and to the touch and thus emphasize elements such as your brand name.

Gloss Spot Varnish

The gloss spot varnish is a printing technique that allows you to bring out some details of the beer label and to increase the saturation of the colors without creating embossed effects. The details are highlighted thanks to exposure to UV rays, a step in the printing process. The result is an irresistible effect to the touch and with a brilliant appearance, excellent for creating beer labels that can capture the attention of your customers.

Embossing

Dry embossing is a printing process that allows you to create three-dimensional effects on some elements of the beer label. Thanks to a metal punch and a plastic male, the material is deformed by pressure, creating pleasant touch effects.