European coated fine paper producer Sappi has expanded its paper portfolio with the introduction of new base paper Algro Thermo.
The new Algro Thermo bright white paper is claimed to offer a superior optical appearance for tickets, labels and other thermal printing applications.
Designed for direct thermal printing, Algro Thermo is coated with a water-based thermal coating.
Sappi's Algro Thermo allows pre-printing of text and images and its oil absorbing pre-coat layer enables the paper to show text and images with a sharpness not achieved with most other thermal substrates.
Sappi Speciality Papers marketing manager Kerstin Dietze said: "The Algro Thermo base paper for specialist thermal coating is an additional product we have developed for the niche market of on-demand tickets.
"It is well suited for a wide range of applications, including point of sale systems and vouchers as well as labels for shipping and product identification. This outstanding paper enables sharper text, a smoother surface and dimensional stability for the ticket and labels sectors."
The Algro Thermo provides a no-bleed effect from the dye and no residue on the thermal print heads.
It can also be pre-printed on both sides by applying a reverse side special coating for the option of offset and other printing technologies.
"Sappi continues its ongoing support of packaging converters with the development of this speciality paper for the ticket and label market, and we are happy to say we have our first customer in Germany.
"This customer had requested a special base paper for thermal coating and we have been working with the converter to develop the Algro Thermo solution to meet that requirement."
