SOP - Adhesives Labeling Policy Direct Contact With Product & Packaging - 11!11!2021 v.1

Document No.
QA/10/Adhesive
Standard Operating Procedure Effective Date 5th October 2020
Revision No. 1
Adhesives Labeling Policy Direct Contact With Revision Date 1th November 2021
Product & Packaging Page No. 1 of 2
Prepared by Mir Shahinoor Ali
1.0 Purpose
The purpose of this SOP is to control adhesive quality of stickers, avoid customer claim regarding poor
quality adhesive, define fabric quality and establish standard procedure as well as testing system by
end user of the vendor/customer.
2.0 Scope
This procedure will be applicable for all kind of adhesive paper & sticker material those are directly
applied on garments fabric.
Material: Sheet based adhesive paper to print in offset/litho printing process.
Tally Summary as of 28th September 2020
SL. CODE MATERIAL DESCRIPTION Adhesive Paper Type of Adhesive
1 BFLMIM00001 Self Adhesive Film CMF0965(19.68x30)Ins GsmAvery Transparent Sticker Permanent
2 BFLMIM00002 Self Adhesive Film SY0038 (500x762)mm Avery Transparent Sticker Permanent
3 BFLMIM00003 Self Adhesive Film SY0048(20x30)ins gsmAveryB Transparent Sticker Removable
1195 NPAPLO00056 AWS172( 510x762) mm AveryDennison White Plain Sticker Removable
1650 NSTKIM00003 Self Adhesive Sticker AWS536 ( 510x762) mm Avery White Woodf Free Sticker Permanent
1658 NSTKIM00011 AW2403 (500x762)mm AveryDennison White Plain Sticker Permanent
1662 NSTKIM00015 Self-Adhesive Sticker ER- 2330 ( 21x30)” White Plain Sticker Removable
1664 NSTKLO00001 Plain Sticker20" x 30"Jamuna Ent. White Plain Sticker Permanent
3.0 Responsible Parties

Product development, SCM, Planning, Production, Quality Assurance, and CS to maintain the same
and individually responsible for each area to confirm the sustainability of the procedure adequately in
conjunction of team enforcement.
4.0 Procedure
4.1 Chain Wise Adhesive Policy Standard:

To ensure the adhesive quality of material is well performing on the fabrics and other packing
material follow Chain wise Standard Adhesive Policy.
4.2 ITL Global Standard:
Communicate with relative chain coordinator to collect Global Standard (if any) and review on
the policy to maintain the same.
4.3 New Chain & Absence of Standard Adhesive Policy:
For the new chain in identify the adhesive standard policy; if not available define and develop
a policy to maintain them accordingly.
4.4 Share and Educate to Customer comply the Standard Adhesive Policy:
Policy shall be share with customer, advice and educate them to maintain the same to help
choose correct material for the required fabrics.
4.5 Currently activated Chain those are doing sheet base Adhesive Sticker are as follows:
BANGL ADESH I CAN ADA I CHINA I HONG KONG I INDIA I MEXICO I SOUTH AFRICA I ETHIOPIA I SRI LANKA I TURKEY I UK I USA I VIETNAM
Registered Office: Village+Post-Tangra, Upozila-Sreepur, Dist-Gazipur, Bangladesh
City Office Address: 30, Lake Drive Road, Sector-7, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh
www.itl-group.com.bd
Document No. QA/10/Adhesive
Revision No. 1
SL. Chain Items References

1. Debenhams Pack Sticker (GEN 13)
2. LMA Size Sticker (FE83, FE84 etc.)
3. M&S Price Sticker (PA03719), Promotional Adhesive Label (PS11987) and same range
4. Next Pack Sticker (CWL001 and same range)
5. Perry Ellis FM LEG STICKER
6. Truworths Promo Sticker (MA29, IMA26 and same range)
Note: Chain will be add once develop new item and update this procedure accordingly.
Chain Wise Adhesive Policy Standard:
Debenhams : Every Debenhams Pack sticker order shall receive the Adhesive
Confirmation from vendor/customer through CS before bulk production.
LMA : LMA Size Sticker order shall receive the Adhesive Confirmation from
vendor/customer through CS before bulk production.
M&S : Adhesive Labelling Policy, V.3 – March 2018
POLICY OBJECTIVES
To ensure when stickers are applied to product they must:

• Adhere to garment
• Be able to be cleanly removed from garment
• Leave no adhesive residue on garment
• Leave no ghosting marks on the garment that cannot be brushed away.
Business Guidelines for Use of Adhesives

• It is the garment maker’s responsibility to submit fully finished/bulk washed fabric swatches/
garments for testing to the label supplier. Fully finished garments are preferred, but where time
does not permit, fully finished swatches are acceptable.
WHAT CONSTITUTES FULLY FINISHED FABRIC?
The garment must be supplied dyed in all of the colours for that season
The garment must have any fabric finishes applied to it, e.g., Teflon coating
The garment must have gone through any appropriate washes, e.g., enzyme wash, bleach
• All colour ways of fabric per season are to be tested - and retested each season for flow lines.
• Current label supplier test method to be used
• Specific test area required to be confirmed by diagram/photo on submission sheet
Revision No. 1
General
Where test report recommends no suitable adhesive, this must be fed back to buying
teams/escalated to management.
Should a sticker be applied to product where not recommended, and the dept is not notified, the
garment maker will take responsibility for any damage to product that occurs in transit, in
Distribution Centers and/or in stores.
Should a sticker be applied to fabric that has not been tested, the garment maker will take
responsibility for any damage to product that occurs in transit, in Distribution Centers and/or in
stores.
Business Guidelines for Use of Adhesives

• Panel prints with print in correct bulk position must be submitted with required label test application
area specified
• Attached submission form must be used linking the test report with stroke/colour details
• Stickers cannot be fully guaranteed for performance under transit conditions until a full transit trial
has been completed. The transit trial must use the default mode of shipping and transit packaging.
Product sent via a postal/delivery service does not constitute a transit trial.
For transit trial details, please contact the Corporate Packaging Manager. The garment maker is
responsible for keeping documentation related to testing of their product.
Recommendations for Use of Stickers
Stickers ARE NOT to be applied to any fabrics with:
• Fabric pile/nap,
• Heavily brushed/raised handle surface fabrics,
• Fabrics with spray print/colour applied directly on to face
• Placement prints must be in correct bulk position on fabric panel when submitted for testing. This
is particularly pertinent to fabrics with a surface pattern, e.g., lace
• Knitwear - stickers only to be used on flat pack cotton & lambswool where they have been
proven long term to be without issue. Not to be used on Cashmere or fabrics with loft or finer fibre
surface hair.
• Fabric technologists are to be involved in decisions for application onto any new base.
Next :
All the NEXT Pack sticker order shall receive the Adhesive Confirmation from vendor/customer
through CS before bulk production.
WARNING: - It is the product manufacturers responsibility to ensure fabric samples are tested with the proposed
adhesive / substrate prior to use to ensure labels adhere and products are not damaged by the stickers.
- Labels should not be positioned over placements prints, transfers, embroideries or motifs, to avoid adhesive transfer.
- Fabrastick and Polytex are recommended adhesives, but must be checked by garment type to ensure fitness for purpose.
No liability will be held by Next UK for incorrect adhesive types being used.
Revision No. 1
Perry Ellis :
Perry Ellis Leg Sticker will be proceed bulk production after received Adhesive Confirmation from
customer through CS.
Truworths : Update on 16th Sep 2020 by mail; Nicolette agreed on 8th Sep 2020
- For Truworths all Promo Stickers references ITLBD submit adhesive material quality to
vendors/customers to have a confirmation on the material before bulk; and if they okay then we
proceed for bulk production
- After one time confirmation if vendors confirm us to follow the same then we can approach for
direct bulk production. Customer has to make sure that they are using the same fabric. If they
want, they can test the adhesive 2nd time also. We are always ready to provide material sample.
- We don’t need to bring any fabric from vendors going forward, rather they will test our adhesive
and confirm us to go ahead. ITL will not do any testing. ITL did testing any selected material
ER2330 as buyer confirmed that fabric will always be Cotton. Now if factories are changing the
fabric then they need to test or get approval from buyer.
Product Reference of Other Existing & New Chain

This is a general guideline for all the department to proceed an adhesive test by vendor on actual
fabric before bulk production apart from above item reference/Chain which will be newly
developed time to time and already been added in approved list those are end uses to attach
direct on the garments/fabric as per customer/vendor requirement. In that case most of the Pack
Sticker, Leg/Size Sticker, Price Sticker, and Promotional Sticker need to re-confirm with customer
by adhesive testing.
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3.0 Responsible Parties

4.1 Chain Wise Adhesive Policy Standard:

SL. Chain Items References

Chain Wise Adhesive Policy Standard:

M&S : Adhesive Labelling Policy, V.3 – March 2018

To ensure when stickers are applied to product they must:

Business Guidelines for Use of Adhesives

WHAT CONSTITUTES FULLY FINISHED FABRIC?

Business Guidelines for Use of Adhesives

Recommendations for Use of Stickers

Stickers ARE NOT to be applied to any fabrics with:

Product Reference of Other Existing & New Chain

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