A clear / printed hang tag, a hanging
system for suspending a
package of products from a single wire hanger and / or a double wire hanger, automatic labeling of product packaging on a billboard, and the process for making hang tags. The hang tag has an opening for receiving a single or a double wire hanger
cut near the top of a billboard region containing printed matter. The hang tag is made from a continuous web of
polyester film with a process including, printing
graphics on the back side of the upper portion using reverse image flexographic printing,
coating the printed image with a UV cured, opaque ink
coating, a lower portion of the front side with a clear,
pressure sensitive adhesive, combining and adhering the continuous web of
polyester film to a
release liner,
die cutting the hang tag shape and the hanger opening, stripping the
waste material from the liner, and rewinding the combined hang tags and liner on a reel for shipment to a customer. The
package consists of at least two bundled products forming a compact
package, wrapped and sealed in a clear, oriented polypropelene
shrink wrap film, and the adhering region is pressed against the topmost product and adhered thereto by the
adhesive.