Paper


Two of Michelman’s water-based paper coatings are popular for improving the angle of skid of flexible paper packaging:

CleanGrip®, a sprayable silica, eliminates the build-up and clogging associated with alumina non-skids. It is gluable with most hot-melt adhesives, and printable with most inks.

Softak® imparts a suede-like feel after drying, and increases the angle of skid of paper to 30-45 degrees. It is easy to apply with conventional corrugated coaters or offline, gluable with a wide range of hot-melt or cold-set adhesives, and print receptive.


As a heat-sealant, Michem® Prime improves line speeds and cuts costs through a low heat-seal temperature and a high degree of hot tack. It provides thinner films than extrusion coatings, and can be pattern applied for further cost reduction.

Properties That Affect Paper

DigiPrime® 4431: DigiPrime® 4431 is a patented flexo and gravure ready coating which provides excellent adhesion of HP Indigo ElectroInks® to a variety of films. This product is suitable for food contact and so is especially useful for flexible packaging applications as well as label production.

DigiPrime® 4450: DigiPrime® 4450 is a ready to use primer which provides excellent adhesion of HP Indigo ElectroInks® to a wide variety of films and papers. This product has exceptional anti-block properties and can be used for two sided printing. It also has food contact approval.

DigiPrime® 5000: DigiPrime® 5000 is a print primer which provides excellent adhesion of HP Indigo ElectroInks® to treated films and paper. It adheres well to many synthetics including soft vinyl. This product is designed for automatic rotary screen printing and may also be applied via flexo and other methods.

DigiPrime® 5100: DigiPrime® 5100 is a print primer which provides excellent adhesion of HP Indigo electro inks to treated films and paper. It adheres well to many synthetics, including soft vinyl. This product is designed for screen printing, but may also be applied via flexo and other methods.

DigiPrime® 6029: DigiPrime® 6029 is a flexo and gravure ready coating used to optimize substrates for HP Indigo printing. This product provides excellent adhesion of HP Indigo Electroinks® to textured paper wine label substrates and label stock especially for those using the WS6000 series presses.

GlossCoat™ 100 BL: GlossCoat™ 100BL is a fully formulated, flexo appliable nonskid coating designed for kraft, mottled and bleached substrates.

Michem® Coat 95: Michem® Coat 95 is a good multi-purpose coating that provides excellent water, oil and grease resistance. This product is heat sealable and cold set gluable as well.

Michem® Flex P1831: Michem® Flex P1831 is a primer for metal and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in exceptionally high bond strength.

Michem® Flex HS-100: Michem® Flex HS-100 is a self-priming, low temperature, heat seal coating for plastic films for Flexible Packaging applications. Patent Pending

Michem® Flex HS-333: Michem® Flex HS-333 is a heat sealable slip coating for paper and metal substrates. This product is not currently available in Europe.

Michem® Flex P1801: Michem®Flex P1801 is a primer for film and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in excellent bond strength. Suitable for bioplastic substrates and extrudates, as well as resins extruded at low temperatures. This product has been formulated with non-petroleum based content.

Michem® Flex P1850: Michem® Flex P1850 is a primer for film, metal and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in exceptionally high bond strength.

Michem® Flex P1852: Michem® Flex P1852 is a Primer for film, metal and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in high bond strength. This product exhibits superior weatherability and chemical resistance to aggressive package contents such as water, oils, flavors and fragrances. This product is also suitable for resins extruded at low temperatures.

Michem® Flex P1853: Michem® Flex P1853 is a primer for metal and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in exceptionally high bond strength.

Michem® Flex P1883: Michem® Flex P1883 is a general purpose primer for metal and paper substrates to promote adhesion to extrusion coated resins resulting in strong bond strength and chemical resistance. It may also be used as a heat seal coating for bonding aluminum foil to itself.

Michem® Prime 4983R: Ethylene acrylic acid dispersion

Michem® Prime 4990R: Ethylene acrylic acid dispersion

SofTak® 126: SofTak® 126 is a gluable nonskid coating with the added benefit of good scuff and water resistance, oil resistance and a "leather like" feel. This product is effective for slip or tier sheets as well as decorative packaging.

SofTak® 1637: SofTak® 1637 is a gluable nonskid coating with the added benefit of good scuff and water resistance, oil resistance and a "leather-like" feel. This product is also effective for slip or tier sheets.

SofTak® 734: SofTak® 734 is an antislip coating for paper and board with a "leather-like" feel.

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