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Innovative, Sustainable & High-Performance Linerless Labels.
Fortoak Ltd supplies high-quality Linerless label solutions designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce waste, and deliver reliable adhesive performance across a wide range of industries.
Available as both stock and fully custom printed solutions, our Linerless labels are manufactured to meet demanding production, logistics, retail, and food packaging requirements.
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Linerless labels are self-wound labels manufactured without a traditional release liner, helping businesses reduce material waste while increasing the number of labels per roll. This provides:
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Selecting the correct adhesive is critical to ensuring linerless labels perform effectively in their intended application.
The two most common adhesive technologies used for linerless labels are acrylic and hotmelt, each offering distinct advantages.
Acrylic adhesives are water-based and provide excellent long-term performance, clarity, and environmental resistance.
Hotmelt adhesives are rubber-based and designed to provide immediate, aggressive adhesion.
| Recommended Adhesive |
Acrylic | Hotmelt |
|---|---|---|
| Retail weighing scales |  |
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| Butcher & delicatessen labels | |
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| Fresh food packaging | |
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| Shipping cartons | |
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| Corrugated cases | |
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| Warehouse logistics | |
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| Long-term product identification | |
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| Chilled food products | |
(specialist freezer-grade) |
| High-speed print-and-apply | |
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| Outdoor exposure | |
For most retail weighing scale applications, acrylic adhesive is generally preferred because it offers:
However, where labels are being applied to rough cardboard trays or recycled packaging materials, a hotmelt adhesive may provide superior immediate adhesion.
Fortoak Ltd can supply linerless labels with:
for retail scales, food production, logistics, warehousing, & industrial applications
Fortoak linerless labels are available with specialist adhesive coating configurations to suit different application methods and environments. Available in both hotmelt and acrylic designed for your specific application.
Provides complete adhesive coverage across the full label surface for maximum adhesion performance.
Ideal for:
Adhesive is applied in precision strips (“tram lines”) to reduce adhesive bleed while maintaining strong label performance
Ideal for:
Fortoak offers:
Our custom print capabilities allow businesses to create fully branded, high-performance label solutions tailored to operational requirements
Eliminates release liner waste and reduces environmental impact.
More labels per roll means fewer interruptions and reduced downtime.
Lower storage, transport, and disposal costs compared with traditional label formats.
Excellent performance for barcodes branding, variable data, and compliance information.
Suitable for retail, food production, logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, and distribution sectors.
For linerless labels, consistency is critical. From coating and converting through to printing, application and end use, every element needs to work together. Our dedicated linerless manufacturing capability, rigorous quality controls and ongoing R&D are focused on delivering consistent quality, reliable application performance and confidence throughout the life of the label.
Our Linerless manufacturing capability includes four dedicated coating and converting lines, designed and engineered specifically for the production of Linerless materials. Precision process controls help ensure consistent adhesive application, with additional capabilities including two-colour inline printing and inline slitting.
Quality is built into every stage of our linerless manufacturing process. From raw material evaluation and coating control through to finished-product testing, defined quality procedures help ensure consistent adhesive, release, print and converting performance. Our Linerless products undergo application-focused testing to assess performance throughout their intended life cycle. This can include adhesion and release testing, environmental conditioning, ageing and product-life evaluation, helping ensure reliable performance through conversion, printing and application to final end use.
Our Linerless capability is underpinned by ongoing research and development across adhesives, release systems and material performance. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we consider the interaction between adhesive, facestock, environment, release system, application surface and end-use environment to develop solutions for specific application requirements. Continuous development and product-life testing enable us to evaluate new adhesive technologies, materials and constructions, while continually enhancing the performance, consistency and reliability of our Linerless portfolio
Where linerless technology creates operational, sustainability and productivity benefits
Weigh-scale labels; deli, bakery, meat & fish labels; fresh-food pricing; markdown / reduced-to-clear labels.
WHY LINERLESS:
Variable weight, price and date data; cut-to-length flexibility; fewer roll changes; no release-liner waste.
Takeaway and delivery order labels; bag seals; cup / meal identification; kitchen prep and date labels.
WHY LINERLESS:
Fast on-demand printing; label length can match each order; cleaner high-volume workflow; less waste.
Shipping labels; routing and sortation labels; return labels; parcel and tote identification.
WHY LINERLESS:
More labels per roll; reduced downtime for roll changes; no liner collection; strong fit for automation.
Pick / pack labels; carton and pallet identification; inventory, tote and movement labels.
WHY LINERLESS:
Pick / pack labels; carton and pallet identification; inventory, tote and movement labels.
Shipping labels; packing identification; order consolidation; returns processing.
WHY LINERLESS:
Supports rapid variable-data printing, long runs and streamlined pack-station productivity.
Work-in-progress labels; component / batch identification; production tracking; carton and case labels.
WHY LINERLESS:
Flexible label lengths; real-time production data; fewer media changes; supports traceability workflows.
Price markdowns; promotional labels; product identification; click-and-collect / order labels.
WHY LINERLESS:
Efficient on-demand printing; variable promotions and pricing; reduced backing waste at point of use.
Not sure where you fit? Talk to our team about your application.
Looking for stock linerless labels or a fully bespoke printed solution with specialist adhesive coatings?
Contact Fortoak Ltd today to discuss your requirements, request samples, or receive a competitive quotation.
Yes. Linerless labels allow more labels per roll, reducing roll changes, storage space and material waste, helping improve operational efficiency.
Yes. Our Linerless labels are commonly used for food packaging, takeaway orders, delivery labelling and grab-and-go retail applications.
Yes. We supply Linerless labels in multiple sizes and specifications, with custom options available depending on your requirements.
Yes. We hold large stock availability across popular Linerless label products, allowing us to fulfil everything from small orders to pallet quantities with fast UK delivery.
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Fortoaks support team extremely helpful, processed orders on time and have been pro-active in ensuring that we do not run out of stock on lines that are essential to us. Great service from Dianne and the team at Fortoak.
