DHL, the German logistics company, has gone ahead and executed a new liner-free labelling technology from cab and HERMA at its Nohra, Thuringia, logistics center in Germany.
The adoption of new liner-free labelling therefore phases out the very traditional self-adhesive labels with silicone-coated liners.
The site supplies over 25,000 internal Deutsche Post customers and also handles almost 750,000 cartons every year.
It is well to be noted that replacing the traditional labels with the new liner-free labelling is helping the company to slash waste by almost 60% and also lower labeling-related costs by 40%.
Aiste Slabokaite Heid, the DHL Northeast Supply Chain Germany and Alps business unit director, said that it enables them to decrease waste by almost 60%, only because the silicone-coated liner is eradicated and they gain flexibility when it comes to the label sizes. The system also enables them to cut costs, which, by the way, is around 40% more economical as compared to the conventional labelling systems.
Notably, the solution in use at Nohra goes on to combine the InNo-Liner material of HERMA with an adapted version of the HERMES Q print-and-apply system of cab.
Alexander Bardutzky, the cab CEO, underscored that the HERMES QL variant can also process three categories when it comes to pressure-sensitive media – the InNo-Liner material, conventional linerless labels as well as standard self-adhesive labels having liners.
The InNo-Liner product from HERMA goes on to remain non-adhesive till the time it gets activated, which enables the material to be wound without silicone backing and also printed to the precise length that’s needed.
In order to match up with this characteristic, cab has gone on to create a dedicated module that activates adhesive during the labelling process.
Clément Kleinclauss, cab France managing director, remarked that for InNo-Liner labels, they just had to go ahead and create a new module in order to activate the adhesive and also apply the labels.
Sven Pleier, who is HERMA’s key account manager, stated that it makes use of multi-nozzle technology, which goes on to activate the adhesive at the time of application with a fine water mist. This makes sure of immediate adhesion on absorbent surfaces and also enables the label to reach its absolute bond strength in a very short span of time.
Kleinclauss further went on to note that the present HERMES Q users will need minimal changes.
DHL also reported that the installation has indeed fulfilled its needs when it comes to labeling quality along with throughput.
Notably, the shipping cartons at the Nohra location are now getting identified exclusively with the liner-free and silicone-free labels.
