CMYUK launches new Sign & Graphics Materials portfolio

CMYUK has launched a new Sign & Graphics Materials portfolio, which aims to bring together a practical, commercially-focused range of substrates for everyday display graphics, signage, décor, and specialist print applications.

The portfolio covers self-adhesive films, speciality materials, and banner products, with key brands including DECAL, BIOND, UTACK, UPROTECT, UFABFLX, and Kavalan.

The new collection has been developed to give customers a focused range of materials covering everyday application requirements, while removing unnecessary complexity from the product portfolio.

The range includes both established conventional products and alternatives with documented environmental and sustainability credentials, giving customers the flexibility to choose the most appropriate material for each project.

CMYUK’s collection also prioritises materials that can perform across multiple applications, with the goal of reducing reliance on highly specialised, single-purpose products.

Michael Crook, commercial director at CMYUK, says: “Print providers don’t need an overwhelming choice of materials with seemingly similar capabilities. What they need is a carefully focused range with clear and accessible technical information, as well as knowledgeable support to help them identify the right material for each application.

“We have streamlined the portfolio around real-world applications and the practical decisions our customers make every day: selecting materials that print reliably, deliver the required performance, meet budget expectations, and provide the appropriate supporting environmental documentation where required.”

Included in the self-adhesive offer is the DECAL range, which includes monomeric and polymeric printable films together with high-performance laminates.

The range has been developed for applications including events and exhibitions, retail, automotive and fleet graphics, commercial and residential interiors, and out-of-home (OOH) advertising. Options include permanent, repositionable, and removable adhesives, high-tack products, bubble-free systems, textured vinyls, and dot matrix adhesive technology.

Alongside its established range of conventional self-adhesive films, CMYUK is introducing BIOND, a new range of films and laminates with a certified bio-based material composition.

Manufactured in Portugal, selected BIOND products carry TÜV Austria OK biobased certification, confirming that approximately 80% to 96% of the carbon content within their composition comes from bio-based sources.

The bio-based content is derived from sugarcane and replaces a proportion of the fossil-derived raw material used in conventional self-adhesive films, with BIOND designed to print seamlessly on existing production equipment.

Helen Beresford-Jay, group product marketing manager at CMYUK, adds: “BIOND introduces a genuinely innovative material construction to historic self-adhesive graphics materials, but the important point is the evidence supporting it.

“The TÜV Austria certification confirms the bio-based carbon content of specified products, while the PIEP study provides comparative carbon-footprint data within a defined assessment. This allows customers and brands to assess BIOND using product-specific information rather than relying on broad environmental language. It is an important addition for projects where material composition and measured carbon data form part of the specification.”

CMYUK’s UTACK range completes the specialist self-adhesive range within the portfolio. UTACK includes materials for walls, windows, floors, furniture, and other surfaces, with features including strong adhesion, removability, repositionability, high opacity and clarity, and specialist finishes.

Matching UPROTECT laminates are engineered to work with the UTACK films, offering choices from matt, gloss, and textured finishes to dry-wipe and anti-graffiti protection.

CMYUK’s UFABFLX PVC banner range is also included, available in widths from 1100mm to 5000mm.  It includes frontlit, backlit, mesh, and blockout materials suitable for a wide range of indoor and outdoor applications.

Applications range from retail displays, exhibitions and events to wide-format building façades and building wraps, backdrops, barriers, fence jackets, hanging graphics, and sports installations.

Sitting alongside UFABFLX is the Kavalan PVC-free banner and display range, which is available throughout the UK and Ireland.

Kavalan provides a PVC-free solution across multiple applications including blockout, backlit, frontlit, double-sided, and opaque graphics. Specified products have been assessed through comparative Life Cycle Assessments against defined PVC banner reference materials, with the range designed to combat the environmental impact of temporary display materials.