Products: Plastic Laminates

Heathcotes have 3 laminating lines capable of widths up to 1.7m.These laminate reels of paper, plastic and metal using adhesives or heat. Typical products are:-

4.1 Sign Facing materials & Sign Boards
A large number of sign facing films, reflective films and over-laminating protective films can be laminated to a variety of substrates from 1mm thick white plastic to painted Aluminium.

4.2 High performance packaging
Highly decorative films and mirror effects are laminated to materials such as 160-500 g.s.m. white card. Various decorative cloths are laminated to card in order to make highly decorative packaging of greetings cards.

4.3 Self Adhesive plastics
A range of adhesives are laminated to either rigid sheets or flexible films in order to make them “self-adhesive”. The adhesive is normally backed with a paper or filmic release liner.

4.4 Foil laminates
Very thin aluminium foil is heat laminated to polypropylene film in order to make high quality mirror effect film.

4.5 High performance foams
Foams such as Silicone, Diab or others are laminated with Acrylic or other adhesives in order to make them “Self-adhesive”.

4.6 Graffiti resistant films
A range of graffiti resistant films are over-laminated onto other films in order to give them protection from scratching etc.

4.7 Touch Screen panelling
Various thickness polyester films are laminated with thin layers of polycarbonate in order to produce screens that can be used as “Touch Screens”.

4.8 Solar cell films
Photo Voltaic or PV films are laminated to substrate and absorber layers in order to produce energy absorbing films.

4.9 Reflective signs
High intensity reflective films are laminated to various substrates such as aluminium sheet or other rigid boards.

4.10 Glow in the Dark boards and films
Photo luminescent films are adhesive coated and can be laminated to various substrates.