Since the advent of direct thermal paper in the 1970’s, thermal paper impacts our daily lives as we pick up retail point-of-sale (POS) receipts, ATM receipts, movie theatre tickets, lottery tickets, ski-lift passes, gas pump receipts and pick-up slips at the dry cleaners.
The thermal paper market remained stable for years, but today it is experiencing a period of change without precedent.
- Thermal paper raw materials are undergoing major change with the emergence of new direct thermal paper grades:
- Bisphenol A-free, Bisphenol-free, and phenol-free grades are being developed quickly to meet growing customer demand.
- Lower cost, lower quality papers from Eastern regions of the globe are entering the market.
- Difficult economic conditions resulting in higher costs are pushing thermal paper manufacturers to change processes and specifications to control their costs.
February 22, 2013
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