PETE plastic (Polyethylene Terephthalate)

PETE plastic, also called PET, is a widely used plastic in food packaging. PETE also lends itself well to recycling, which results in a wide range of PETE based products with post consumer content. Printing on PETE can be challenging, and Corona Treatment is recommended before printing, gluing, coating, Etc. Your plastic substrates should always be pretested prior to printing. Graphic Ink Co can provide pretesting. See also: “Plastics”, “Corona Treatment”, and “Dyne”.