Looking for more diversity with your vinyl material options? 3M Graphics Market Center just added both 30” and 60.5” widths to 3M Scotchcal Graphic Film with Comply Adhesive IJ35C-10 (Gloss) in 50-yard roll lengths. This should make it easier for some of you vinyl installers to get the job done.

Scotchcal film IJ35C is a 3.2 mil polymeric calendered film ideal for POP and general signage applications. According to 3M, it offers great hiding power, permanent adhesive and air release channels for virtually bubble-free graphic installations with less application waste.  You can use this film with or without an overlaminate.  When graphic protection is required, 3M recommends its Scotchcal Luster Overlaminate 8509.

3M is now offering its Scotchcal graphic film with Comply adhesive IJ40C for partial vehicle wraps. This 3-mil vinyl film has removable, pressure-sensitive adhesive, and a pattern of air release channels for easier, bubble-free application. And the product has been upgraded with a 7-year expected performance life.

It’s available in a gloss or matte finish and 3M is billing it as ideal where a versatile film is needed for partial vehicle wraps. It provides dependable performance for fleet, flat and simple POP applications where air release is desired. The film is designed for inkjet or screen printing with solvent or UV inks.

The Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division just rolled out the MPI 1005 Supercast Series, a line of next generation conformable cast vinyl films.

Supercast films feature enhanced conformability and stay down over complex curves and rivets with no tenting or lifting – a new option that is ideal for vehicle wraps, fleet graphics and architectural applications.

“I’ve been installing vehicle wraps for many years and the Avery MPI 1005 Supercast films are the most conformable films I’ve worked with and seen on the market,” says Justin Pate, a globally recognized graphic installer with 14 years of experience. “It’s like driving a super luxury car and did everything I have always wanted a film to do with the greatest of ease. The print quality is top shelf and wraps are faster and easier to install and the colors really pop.”

Need to learn more about vehicle wrapping? Check out our e-book, How to Wrap Vehicles.

MPI 1005 Supercast is available with Easy Apply RS, Easy Apply and Gloss Opaque LTR technologies to provide faster and easier application and long-term removability. Easy Apply air egress technology helps eliminate wrinkles and bubbles while Easy Apply RS provides repositionability and slideability, allowing the film to be moved easily before pressure is applied.

“These films offer the ultimate in print quality and conformability for a variety of applications,” says Elizabeth Parks, Global Products Manager at Avery Dennison. “Because MPI 1005 Supercast films feature Easy Apply RS and Easy Apply technologies, installation with these films is easier and quicker which reduces application time and lowers cost.”

Key features of the Avery MPI 1005 Supercast series include:

• Enhanced conformability allows the films to stay down over complex curves and rivets
• Expanded color gamut capability
• High gloss and smooth face make images and colors pop
• Consistent printability and enhanced image quality

By pairing MPI 1005 Supercast with Avery Graphics overlaminates, Avery says longer-term durability and rigidity are achieved.

3M Graphics Market Center welcomes FDC Graphic Films, Inc. as a Master Distributor and the Preferred Converter for all 3M branded films. FDC, located in South Bend, Indiana, is a supplier of sign films, wide-format digital media and digital overlaminating films to the sign and graphics industry.

FDC said it will now offer 3M distributors several value-added services, including:
-         Same day shipments
-         Punched and unpunched materials
-         Slitting—any dimension
-         Custom striping
-         Premasking

Under this new program, all orders from program products should be placed directly with FDC. For more information, contact FDC at 800-634-7523, or visit www.fdcfilms.com.

The Avery Graphics Digital Media Swatchbook, a new tool developed to make choosing the right Avery Graphics digital print medium and overlaminate for each project simple, is now available in North America from Avery Dennison’s Graphics & Reflective Products Division.

“Avery Dennison is the industry leader in developing easy-to-use tools for its customers,” said Joel Ross, Global Marketing Communications Manager. “The Digital Media Swatchbook features our broad offering of digitally printable cast and calendered products and overlaminates, so users can compare finishes and adhesives and choose the products that suit their specific job.”

The new Swatchbook complements the Avery Graphics Color Selector, which has presented swatches of Avery’s full range of pigmented films for many years

The entire Avery Graphics digital media product offering is organized in the Digital Media Swatchbook by category, including: Ultimate Cast, High Performance Calendered, Intermediate Calendered, Promo-Calendered, Specialty Films and the new EcoFriendly line. Each product swatch is digitally printed with its product name for ease of ordering and comparing finish and adhesive.

All Avery Graphics digital overlaminates are also organized by category: Ultimate Cast, High Performance Calendered, Promo Calendered and Specialty Films. Swatches are printed with product names and a digital image so customers can easily see the difference between gloss, luster and matte overlaminates.

To request a free Digital Media Swatchbook or Color Selector, contact your Avery Graphics distributor or email the sample department at samples.graphics@averydennison.com.  Visit www.averygraphics.com <http://www.averygraphics.com>  to locate a distributor (on the Partner Page) or for additional product information.

Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division North America today introduced a new 6 mil, high caliper gloss calendered film – Avery MPI 3601 Quick Mark promotional film that is ideal for short-term indoor and outdoor signage.

The new Quick Mark promotional film is designed for installation on flat surfaces in a range of short-term applications, including public transport advertising, event and trade show graphics, vehicle and wall decorations and point-of-sale advertising.

“Avery MPI 3601 Quick Mark is easy to apply and easy to remove,” says Lance Hutt, Global Digital Product Manager for Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division. “It is extremely versatile, ideal for promotional applications and priced for profitability.”

Avery MPI 3601 Quick Mark promotional film provides:
•    Easy and quick application due to its 6 mil thickness
•    Gloss face that makes images and colors pop
•    Consistent print and image quality with digital solvent, eco-solvent and UV curable inks
•    Opacity to effectively cover previous graphics, saving time and removal costs
•    High-performance removable adhesive that guarantees easy removal for up to one year
•    Two year durability, longer with Avery DOL products, at an attractive price/performance ratio

In addition, the right color and image can be achieved with the extensive, free online Avery Graphics ICC Color Profile library, iccprofiles.averygraphics.com. The Avery Graphics ICS Performance Guarantee is written assurance that Avery Graphics products perform exactly as warranted, from production through application and for the life of the graphic.

Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division North America today introduced MPI 6121 Street Graphics film – a 1.8 mil non-PVC film designed for rough outdoor surfaces and street graphics.

MPI 6121 Street Graphics film uses “micro-fracture” technology that allows it to fracture and conform to very rough surfaces. The technology also allows moisture to channel through, limiting water pooling and reducing slip hazards.

“MPI 6121 Street Graphics film enables designers and marketers to install promotional signage in almost any outdoor location,” said Lance Hutt, Global Digital Product Manager for Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division. “This film is perfect for promotional events, trade shows, sporting activities, fairs or almost anywhere else outdoors.”

MPI 6121 Street Graphics film features:
♣    Patent-pending micro-fracture technology that enables the film to conform to very rough surfaces by fracturing and conforming
♣    Thin, 1.8 mil thick non-PVC film that minimizes edge lift, reducing trip and slip hazards
♣    Durability for heavy traffic applications: up to three months under vehicle traffic and six months of foot traffic
♣    Excellent print performance that is ideal for digital UV-curable inks and receptive to solvent and eco-solvent inks
♣    Slip resistance that meets testing standards; see the Product Data Sheet for details.