Aromatic Labels

How many times have had to open a product to know its aroma? When buying air-fresheners, shampoos, creams, deodorants, cleaning products, etc, the smell of the product is basic in the buying decision.  That is why IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L has developed Aromatic Labels with a special area that when scratched, gives the aroma desired.  

Smell is an excellent sales tool that can be taken advantage of by using Aromatic Labels, as they are ideal for the consumer to know the aroma of the product he/she is buying, avoiding having to open it. These labels can incorporate standard or personalised aromas so that the purchase of the product turns into a sensory experience for the consumer.

A product’s label can be used as a tool to transmit feelings through our senses; in this case smells can stimulate, provoke, seduce and attract the attention of the buyer to the product.

Phosphorescent Inks

Within the wide range of special inks offered by IPE Innovaciones para Etiquetajes, S.L, are the phosphorescent inks, which charge with energy from any light and then shine in the dark for a certain amount of time.
Phosphorescent inks are invisible under the regular light but when in the dark they reflect a greenish, bluish or yellowish colour, depending on the pigments.  These types of inks may be used for labels of promotional products, drinks and other products available in night environments.  Furthermore they are also interesting for product related with children due to their particular and bright properties. 

Finally, these types of inks may also be used as a safety application in products that require an automatic and fast authentication such as to verify stamps or medicine boxes. 

Sleeves for confectionery products

The confectionery sector has needed to adapt its packaging to the new consumption habits with regard to formats and labels. These are every day more noticeable and manufactured with complex printing techniques to generate shines, sparkles, textures and contrasts that distinguish the products from those of the competition.  Sleeves are being used by this sector as a differentiating element that adapts perfectly to the changes of formats.

An example of which is the sleeve used for round chewing-gum containers, which completely covers the container giving the product a touch of distinction. This image shows some of the sleeve’s properties, its capacity to adapt to containers of different shapes and sizes and the possibility of combining printed areas and transparencies, in this case to be able to see the chewing-gums.

IPE - Empack 2011



Labels with Thermochromic Inks

IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES, S.L, offers a wide range of possibilities regarding the use and combinations of different special inks and technologies on the same label. Thermochromic inks can be found amongst the inks with most demand, which indicate variations in product temperature by changing colour.

Thermochromic inks are used a lot for drinks labels and especially for wine bottles, as they interact with the client by indicating the best moment to consume the product.

An example of the application of thermochromic inks on labels was developed by IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES; S.L for the VOLTEO brand of wines in which invisible thermochromic ink was used. When the temperature reached between17 and 18ºC the label reactivates by completely lighting up to tell the consumer about the perfect point for consumption. If this temperature is surpassed, the label progressively fades out.

Sleeves For Sports Products

Normally the retractile sleeves labels are related to products from the drinks, food, cleaning and cosmetic sectors. However, this type of label is applied more and more often for products from other sectors like the technological, automotive, and industrial or sports sectors.

Amongst the sports products, the sleeves are very much used for packaging that contains tennis, squash, padel or ping-pong balls, as it covers the whole package with the striking, bright colours that the retractile labels give, they also offer the possibility of leaving transparent areas in order to see the product when the packaging is made of plastic. The flexibility that this type of label offers means it can be applied to all types of rigid packaging and so the sleeve  will become a packaging option for more and more sectors when designing their product labels.

IPE – Delivery Services

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L, does not just offer high quality innovative products, it also offers a personalised service to its clients, which covers the professional attention of sales networks throughout Spain and Europe, the technical backup from various departments and the label delivery service.

The company has a logistics department in charge of preparing the orders and carrying out the Just in Time deliveries through its own means of transport and through well-known collection agencies for national and international deliveries. Likewise, there is constant merchandise follow-up to keep the client informed about the position of the delivery at all times.

IPE Video - Interactive Label

The Interactive label has been developed with the new ENHANCED REALITY technology, which combines real elements (Label) and virtual elements (3D, videos, music, information, etc).  Only a device with a camera is needed to turn real-world information into interactive or digital information.



IPE Video - Labels printed with Optical Pigments

The main characteristic of labels printed with optical pigments is their capacity to reflect light, creating amazing sparkles that boost colour and enhance the label. 



IPE Video - Labels with QR Codes

QR codes are the evolution from barcodes and they can store hundreds of times more information in less space than a traditional barcode. QR codes are able to manage all types of data; numerical, alphabetical, symbols, control codes, etc

IPE Video - Labels with Micro Stamping

With Micro Stamping we obtain elegant and delicate designs, over a metal colour layer.  Leafs, drops, stars, branches, waves are some of the shapes that can be obtained with Micro Stamping.


IPE Video - Labels with Stamping + Embossing

The label shown on the image has Micro Stamping on the silver area, with a snail-shape design that gives the label a fine finish, whilst the gold stamping with High Embossing gives the label a notable and unique appearance.

Labels with Stamping + High Embossing

When designing a label or packaging it is fundamental to use innovative materials and techniques that generate a visual impact . That is why IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L has developed a special embossing that combines Stamping + High Embossing, to create a metallic effect with striking volume on the labels.

With the labels with Stamping + High Embossing, spectacular metallic effects are achieved with textures and sensations for touch and sight due to the large volume that the high relief creates in the stamping. It can be applied to letters or shapes to generate a visual impact or as an attention seeking point on the label.

Other options that IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L offers to create volume and highlight certain areas of the label is the Volugraf, which generates a sensation of volume with the ink colour, whilst the  Stamping + High Embossing creates different metallic tones depending on the height of the print.

Visit us at EMPACK 2011






With the increase in the use of new technologies, intelligent mobile devices, the Internet…it is necessary to offer innovative products adapted to the consumers’ new habits and needs. IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes S.L, aware of this new reality, has developed the
Interactive Label, which will be presented at the next edition of Empack 2011 which will be held in Madrid, on the 26th and 27th of October.

The Interactive Label is developed with increased realty new technology, which combines real elements (Label) with virtual elements (3D, videos, music, information, etc), making the information in the real world interactive. Likewise, the company will present the Self Promoting Label with Optical Pigments, whose main characteristic is to highlight areas of the label with twinkles of light, winner of an award in the last FINAT competition.

We invite you to visit us in pavilion 5, stand E12-F11 at the IFEMA Fair, where we will give you more information about these and many more innovations that IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes S.L, will present.

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The Tamper Evident or Sealing Band, is a manipulation proof safety system

The tamper evident meets the safety requirements and guarantees that today’s market demands, protecting the integrity of the product thanks to fitting the sleeve on the jar lid.

With the sleeve a perforated safety band is created, which is easy to open and gives maximum security, and can be unidentified or printed offering a means of promotion and brand distinction, which gives added value and originality to the product.

This lid safety system prevents others from opening it, visibly showing whether it has been opened or not and therefore giving the consumers the assurance level they want.

Self-destructing Labels

Every year the number of falsified, manipulated and stolen products increases, which means a considerable loss in money for different sectors. Against this situation it is important to know the different Labelling options in order to improve product security.

One of the Solutions that IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L offers within its range of Security Labels are the Self-destructing Labels, which have a support and special adhesive meaning that the product Label cannot be removed without leaving clear signs of manipulation, as the label disintegrates into many parts if there is any attempt to remove it and, consequently, it is impossible to re-apply it.

Interactive Labels: New technological innovation applied to labels

The use of new technologies as means of communication is being used increasingly by companies to relate to their clients. That is why IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetaje S.L has developed the “Interactive Label”, by which real-world information becomes interactive. 

These labels use image-recognition technology by means of a camera to identify any type of object in real time:  Photos, logos, drawings, faces, bidi codes, QR codes and bar codes. Once the application has recognized the image it searches on the Internet for the multimedia content associated and superimposes it in a dynamic way, offering multiple interactive applications. Animated 3D models, videos, floating images, texts, interactive menus, audio and music, social data. 

A product label that shows the company’s logo in 3D, an image on the label linked to recipe videos, operating instructions or product demonstrations, a face with a label that associates it to an advert, the drawing of a landscape linked to a tourist trip, contests, promotions…the possibilities that can be developed with Interactive Labels are infinite.

With this new product IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetaje S.L goes a step further in the innovation of technologies applied to labels.

IPE – Awarded first prize at the FINAT Label Awards for its Optical Pigmentation label

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L won the first prize at the 31st edition of the International federation of self-adhesive label manufacturers FINAT competition held during its recent annual congress in Italy.  More than 360 works from the worlds 50 best self-adhesive label manufacturers were presented at this edition. 

The award was granted for best self-promotion label which was manufactured by the company to promote optical pigments. This work outstands for its technical excellence and the use of optical pigmentation, with which to obtain bright and spectacular sparkles of light that boost colours and enhance the label’s details.   

For IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L this has been a very successful year full of acknowledgements, not only for being the only Spanish company to receive the FINAT award this year, but also for the prizes it received last year, such as that granted by the Association of Graphic Industries of Catalunya and the two honourable mentions in the same FINAT competition in 2010.

Labels with textures

Currently there are special supports to manufacture labels with tactile finishes that can simulate different materials and textures. Cork, canvas, plastic, wood are some of the finishes offered by IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes S.L, within its range of Labels with textures.


This type of sensorial finish for labels, besides from being decorative, gives the product a touch of distinction, significantly improving the image of the product on the store’s shelf. 

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes S.L, also provides the technology necessary to combine these types of supports with different technologies and printing finishes, therefore offering a large range of possibilities when creating a label.

Scratch labels

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L offers different applications to make promotions on products. Among the most popular are the Collar Labels which are ideal to place on bottle-necks for them to hang,  and the Scratch Label which have a special area which reveals information when scratched. 

Scratch Labels are ideal for contests and prizes. These achieve interaction with the customer as it is necessary to scratch the label to be able to enter the promotion.

This type of application may be printed combining different printing technologies, four-colour processes, double-sided printing, reliefs, etc. Furthermore, it can be applied to other labels such as Booklet Labels or Collar Labels and they may also include safety elements such as holographies, invisible inks and others.

Presents 3D Virtual Scale-model service

SleeveDirect, registered brand name of IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES, S.L.,  specialised in printing SLEEVES retractile labels, presents its 3D Virtual scale-model service.

The company has invested in the latest technology so that its clients can see their product’s sleeve prototype, in three dimensions, before printing. This is especially useful in order to see the benefits of the 360º decoration offered by the sleeve.

With this service, SleeveDirect provides better customer attention, standing out, once again, by offering an excellent balance between high quality, flexibility and cost, and taking care of our clients’ needs with maximum professionalism.

QR Codes on product labels

In its strive to offer not just a product but also a wide range of services, IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES, S.L has developed a new QR label codes assessment and printing service. The QR codes are bar codes that can be scanned by intelligent mobile telephones that allow for direct communication with clients as the code can be linked to the webpage, videos, download areas, etc.

These codes are very useful for advertisers, editors and brands as they connect the physical world with the interactive world, directing the user straight to a mobile Internet site. This is an efficient method to add interactivity to any printing means and especially for product labels, as the possibilities are endless!

A bottle of wine whose  QR code gives information about the cellar, year, wine tasting etc, a food product that aims at giving more information about nutritional properties, recipes or other product properties. Carry out promotions, competitions, the applications for these codes are never-ending and, with just one click, they take us to a website for mobiles. This saves time and avoids the frustration of writing complicated addresses on the navigator or dialling a 900 number.

In a world dominated by mobiles, QR code could be one of the most practical ways to transmit information and that’s why IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES, S.L invites you to take advantage of all the benefits that QR codes offer your product labels.

Labels with Micro Stamping

Many labels have stamping details applied to enhance or emphasise an element of the labels’ design.  In gold, silver, bronze or any other metal colour, stamping creates an excellent effect on labels. 

With Micro Stamping we go a step further in developing applications with stamping, as the delicate relief on the metal surface forms elegant and fine designs, attractive to sight and appealing to touch. 

The designs of the relief can be as varied as:  Leafs, drops, stars, branches, waves and even personalised to the customer’s requirements. 

Advantages of applying Sleeves

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetaje, S.L, shows you all the advantages of using  shrinkable label sleeves on product containers:
  • 360º Covering decoration
  • They adapt to any shape and size of container.
  • It is not necessary to keep a stock of pre-printed containers.
  • Possibility of combining printed areas with transparencies.
  • The sleeve can be full-body, half-body or also as a security seal.  
  • All the materials are printed flat on the inside to protect the ink from possible damages.
  • Durability in all environmental conditions.
  • Swrink wrapping is much more versatile that many other labelling methods.
A part from all the advantages of the sleeve, IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetaje, S.L, has the necessary technology to combine different printing techniques and finishes on a same label, thereby creating infinite design possibilities for the sleeves.

Labels for Cans

On glass, plastic or metal containers, the label is undoubtedly one of the main factors that influence when deciding to make a purchase. On some occasions we are surprised to see the use of labels on products that are usually directly printed onto the container by means of lithography, such as the case of canned drinks.

Nevertheless, the use of labels on canned drinks confers the brand of the product an image of energy and dynamism, thanks to the multiple design options obtained with the printed label: stunning die-stamps, inks with special effects, papers with outstanding reliefs, etc.   

An example of this type of applications was that manufactured by IPE INNOVACIONES PARA ETIQUETAJES, S.L, for the brand Freelon, in which different printing technologies were combined, to create a modern and urban label, with transparencies that allow for a perfect integration of the label and the can. 

Metal Silver Sleeve

Once more IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L, through its brand Sleeve Direct, surprises us with this spectacular material that creates a metal effect, with which it is possible to cover part or the entire container.

In silver or in gold, the Metallic Sleeve is ideal for products that want to achieve a great visual impact on the store’s shelf, as its particular mirror-effect creates a differentiating aspect with regard to the other products on display.

IPE Innovaciones Para Etiquetajes, S.L, is noteworthy for its continuous search of materials and innovative technologies, providing the client with multiple options to create shocking labels.