Shrink sleeve applicators as labeling and decorating machines.
Shrink sleeves and banders used to be primarily a security addition in the packaging of products. But recently the shrink sleeve has become the source of decoration and product recognition. The sleeve covers the whole container including some rather complicated shapes and have taken the place of labels.
The secret of success has to be in the sleeve material and the manner in which images and written material are printed on the sleeve so that it all looks normal after the shrinking is completed.
As a machine guy, I admire the ingenuity of some of the designs. The design layout on the sleeve must be guided by software to adjust for different amount of shrinking onto a container.