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have a favourable impact on brand marketing as they provide an extended ability to cover a range of bottle shapes with 360° graphics. Before going deeper into the details let’s have an idea about these labels: Stretch Sleeve Labels: Stretch sleeve is a labelling technique that covers the product by conforming to the container’s shape. They do this by putting a sleeve over the product and over that you can put the graphics and text of your ad. In the past, this type of labelling technique was used to label large size containers, but the recent developments in this domain have pushed the boundaries. Now, these stretch sleeve labels can be used regardless of the size and shape of the product. This type of labelling has wide applications in food and beverage industry such as: soft drinks; cans of soup; oil; juices; energy drinks; and almost on everything you can think of. Shrink Sleeve Labels: Shrink Sleeves provide a flexible decoration technique and they are used for slightly highly Drink Asia 15 shaped containers made up of plastics, glass or metal. The shrink sleeve labels permit a 360° decoration from head to toe and are shrunken to conform to the contours of the product. This type of label provides a perfect safeguard against product tampering because the product having this kind of labels cannot be opened without first tearing the label. Shrink Sleeves are better in quality when compared with the stretch sleeves but both are usually used for different product lines. Both of the shrink and stretch sleeve labels are commonly known as sleeve labels. The sleeve label’s Shrink Sleeves provide a fl exible decoration technique and they are used for slightly highly shaped containers made up of plastics, glass or metal March-April 2019