Eco-Friendly Material for Printing Banners

[Fred McLean]

It’s a polypropylene type of material
Usually used for binder cover/separators its got a pattern/embossed feel to it
try Robert Horne group
forgot to say i doubt if it will digital print!
I know of it from screenprinting days

[Peter Munday]

Kev as has been said its polypropylene and it is very difficult to get anything to stick to it, also totally unsuitable for roll-ups as its a semi rigid material, i.e. like credit card thickness.

[Kev Mayger]

Thanks for that, i was sure i’d come across this material before.

Kev

[Nicola McIntosh]

yep have to agree with peter…ive tried for ages to get anything sticky to stick to polyprop (screenprinting yes not a problem)….but im sure john childs had a good explanation to why it happed if i remember correctly 😀

nik

[Kev Mayger]

Does anyone know of such a product that is eco-friendly that can be used for roll up banner stands?

Thanks

Kev

[Peter Normington]

Kev,
How is the client defining eco friendly,
In the manufacture or the recycling properties or both?
Just wondered, and what about the cassettes? Do they need to be eco friendly?

Peter

[Phill Fenton]

I would tell him you’ll be using a synthetic substrate made from petrochemicals. Hence you will have done your bit by diverting some of the worlds oil resources away from being used as fuel (which would otherwise have been burned) Thus helping to reduce carbon emissions and doing you’re bit to save the planet.

Bish bosh – jobs a good un 😕

[Nick Dowell]

Hi,

We use an unwooven polyester material if a customer is ever looking an eco option. This is also good for biodegradable banners!

hope this helps

[Simon Strom]

I saw a program on Discovery Channel here (I think it was that one) about a company that prints using corn based inks. Here is a link to a few articles about the subject.

http://portland.bizjournals.com/portlan … t=pn_pn_lk

http://www.ir.efi.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=1 … &ID=941786

http://www.biographixtm.com/about_us/the_company.html

The guys that were using this ink said it smells like popcorn! Now that’s a reason to go to work every day. 😀