Foam Label Technology Keeps Beverage Containers Colder

How Labec Technology Works

Commodore has developed a technique for co-extruding polystyrene (PS) foam shrink-label stock that insulates aluminum, glass and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage containers, keeping liquids colder for longer. The label also provides breakage protection to glass. Commodore tests have demonstrated that Labec foam PS labels keep beverages colder an average of 15 to 20 minutes colder than plain cans, based on a beverage-temperature gain without the label of 20 to 30°F over the course of one hour.