By Melissa Donovan
In response to the continued demand for vehicle graphics, whether partial, full, decals, or pin striping, material introductions are prevalent among many major film and vinyl manufacturers. We’ve included a roundup of products here.
3M Commercial Graphics totes 3M Print Wrap Film IJ280 with 3M Gloss Wrap Overlaminate 8428G as its most technologically advanced film solution. With conformability and lifting resistance, this vinyl solution stays exactly where you want. 3M Print Wrap Film IJ280 features a new, proprietary adhesive with optimized initial tack, slide, and repositionability to achieve flawless results, even if a mistake is made during install.
Launched in March 2024, Arlon’s DPF V9700 is a premium, non-PVC cast polyurethane film that combines performance with Arlon’s commitment for a more sustainable future. Cast from a water-based formulation, this product reduces volatile organic compounds by 57.1 percent during manufacturing. With its high heat tolerance and enhanced structural stability, DPF V9700 minimizes the need for reworking and potential scrap to save time and labor. FLITE Technology ensures an easy installation with superior repositionability and a clean removal at the end of the wrap’s life. Laminate this film with Series V3370 for a high-gloss finish and retention that produces long-lasting, vibrant graphic images. It is ideal for full and partial vehicle graphics.
Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions’ Supreme Wrapping Film car wraps portfolio and MPI 1105 digital wrapping film take command of soft, subtle hues and bold, bright colors to achieve a variety of custom effects and graphic finishes. Premium vinyl vehicle wraps from Avery Dennison combine style with performance, versatility, and easy application for a stunning transformation of any vehicle.
Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives Ri-Jet C50 Ultimate Slide & Tack is a cast film for decorating and personalizing any type of vehicle or commercial fleet. It is highly conformable, featuring a slideable air egress adhesive. The cast vinyl is pre-stretched at the factory, building in surface tension so installers can install with less effort using a tension-free technique. The Ultimate adhesive is slideable over longer periods of time, allowing for multiple repositions while still eliminating trapped air. Together, this allows installers to work faster and with less effort. Pair with the Ri-Lam C30 Ultimate Laminate.
FDC Graphic Films, Inc. is a market leader in striping services, and it stripes all of its Lumina by FDC brand sign vinyl films—many with no minimum order quantity. The company also provides multi-striping services, where it can apply multiple colors of vinyl onto a shared liner for easy installation.
General Formulations GF 830 AutoMark Cast Film is a premium, full-body cast wrap film with DRIFT Technology for superior slideability and repositionability. Engineered to meet the long-term demands of full or partial fleet and vehicle wraps as well as many other graphic applications it is available with gloss or matte laminate options. The 2-mil high gloss white cast film is compatible with a variety of solvent, eco-solvent, latex, and UV-curable inks.
Hexis Graphics offers multiple lines of media in the vehicle graphics space. One of which is the XT300 HOLESHOT HEX’TREM, a film composed of a 340-µm, adhesive, calendered, monomeric PVC. The film is coated with a pressure-sensitive acrylic adhesive. It is designed for cold laminating digital printing films; intended to be used as kits for short-term decoration on motorcycles, ATVs, and jet-skis. It features a glossy surface finish.
ORAFOL Automotive Graphics specializes in exterior vinyl graphics designed for the enhancement and model identification of passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and trucks. It produces film graphics in a full range of colors and effects that include non-metallic, metallic, vivid neons, pearlescents, flamboyants, and interference pigments. Graphics are offered in a range of thickness and various gloss levels. Film graphics can come with locator templates to ensure consistent application. In July 2024, ORAFOL announced nine new colors in its ORACAL 970RA Premium Special Effect Cast Vehicle Wrap Film series.
Trim USA offers AccuCut BigStripe Rotary Slitting, which provides custom rotary slitting up to 30 inches wide, with capabilities to custom configure single or multi-color, voided, overlaid, butted, or overlapped stripes. Use your choice of today’s most popular pressure-sensitive films such as reflectives, opaques, metallics, and translucents. These stripes are ideal for identifying fleets, railroad cars, boats, police and emergency vehicles, gas station awnings and canopies, decorative interior/exterior walls, and any other applications where big stripes are used.
Continued Introduction
The vehicle graphics market is full of material introductions—all of which focus on clean, easy install—as well as removal. Additional trends include non-PVC product, new hues for color change applications, and vinyl striping kits.
Sep2024, Digital Output
