Markets we serve

Each market below starts with the problem customers bring us, then the short answer, then the materials and plant behind it. The business unit named on each one is your best first call.

POP

A display has to go up fast in the store and hold on wood, metal, plastic, glass, or corrugated.

Double-sided foam and film tapes for permanent builds, removable tapes for graphics that change.

Twin Stick, a double-sided permanent foam tape, is rated for service from -20°F to 150°F. Remo One and Remo Two handle temporary signage and décor.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners. Laminated Solutions supplies floor graphic films.

See POP display tapes on duraco.com

A countertop display of plain white boxes in a two-tier stand with a blank blue header, on a store checkout counter.

Décor & Consumer

Wall décor has to stay up, then come down without pulling paint or leaving residue.

Removable and repositionable mounting tapes.

Remo One pairs an aggressive permanent adhesive on one side with a removable adhesive on the other, and is built to avoid tape residue. Remo RS is built for wall and decorative mounting.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners, with label stock from Laminated Solutions and functional coatings from FlexPack.

See wall décor tapes on duraco.com

A woman hangs a framed beach print on a white brick wall above a low white cabinet.

Flexible Packaging

A package has to protect the product, run on the line, and look right on the shelf.

Coated, metalized, and Soft Touch PET films.

Questar PET film comes in 25 to 1400 gauge. FlexPack coats and slits Soft Touch Matte film in St. Charles, Illinois.

Served by: FlexPack.

See flexible packaging films on petfilm.com

Rows of blank stand-up pouches in matte and glossy films on a wooden store shelf.

General Industrial & Construction

Windows, doors, HVAC units, and roof curbs need seals and bonds that hold through weather and vibration.

Gasketing, weather stripping, and acrylic foam bonding tapes.

Duraco neoprene, nitrile, and PVC foams seal roof curbs and window and door frames. Duraco High Bond acrylic foam tapes replace mechanical fasteners and welding in heating and air conditioning unit assembly.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners. FlexPack (Rayven) also serves building and construction.

See HVAC tapes on duraco.com

Two hands press a seal into the edge of a window frame laid flat on the floor.

Healthcare

A medical product maker needs component materials that fit the part and survive sterilization with it.

Components, with an emphasis on sterilizable release liners customized to the part.

Duraco supplies components to healthcare manufacturers. Infinity Tapes and Rayven silicone coat and print release liners on BOPP, PET, HDPE, and paper, with release levels set from easy to tight; polyester liners carry the highest heat resistance of Infinity's plastic liners. 3 Sigma makes autoclave labels and medical instrument labels.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners and FlexPack for release liners; Laminated Solutions for medical labels.

See release liners on infinitytapes.com

Blood sample tubes with colored caps and barcode labels in a rack, with a microscope behind.

Graphics & Communication

Signs, floor graphics, and direct mail pieces have to print well and stay where they are placed.

Wide format and screen films, mounting films, overlaminates, and forms stock.

Sigmature®, 3 Sigma's screen and wide format film line, covers vinyl, metalized polyester, mounting films, and overlaminates. Strata-Tac supplies floor, window, and shelf graphic films. 3 Sigma also makes stocks for newspaper advertising and direct mail.

Served by: Laminated Solutions. FlexPack supplies imaging films; Specialty Tapes & Liners serves architectural signage.

See Sigmature graphics on 3sigma.cc

A wide format printer printing a long blue and white graphic.

Specialty Labels

Some labels have to dissolve in water, hold in the freezer, or show tampering.

Specialty label stocks coated and formulated in-house.

3 Sigma's dissolvable label stock dissolves within seconds in room temperature water. Its SigmaKoat TE tamper-evident stock holds from -40°F to 176°F.

Served by: Laminated Solutions, with release liners from Infinity Tapes and Rayven.

See custom label products on 3sigma.cc

Blue tamper-evident tape lifted from a carton, with the words OPENED and VOID showing in the adhesive.

OEM Manufacturing

Assembly lines want to drop screws, rivets, and welds without losing bond strength.

Acrylic foam core and double-coated tapes engineered for the substrate.

Duraco High Bond acrylic foam core tapes replace mechanical fasteners in consumer and commercial appliances. Dubl Kote bonds parts in refrigerators, stoves, washers, and dryers.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners.

See appliance tapes on duraco.com

Two white front-loading washing machines side by side.

Transit Packaging & E-Commerce

Cartons and mailers have to seal fast, survive the network, and open cleanly.

Tear tapes, closure tapes, and tamper-evident tapes.

Duraco 4853 tear tape is engineered to tear films three mils thick or greater. Infinity Tapes HG53 tamper-evident tape carries a hidden graphic message.

Served by: Specialty Tapes & Liners, with liners from FlexPack (Rayven).

See transit packaging tapes on duraco.com

Rolls of closure tape in front of mailers, padded envelopes, and shipping boxes on a wooden table.