In labels, tapes & adhesives, the two weakest materials over three months are also the two strongest over a year. Strapping band fell 1.2% over the quarter to 4 November 2026 but is up 10.6% on the year; sleeve labels lost 0.5% and are up 10.5%.
The rest of the family rose, if modestly. Adhesives and hot-melt adhesive are the top risers, up 0.7% over three months and 7.0% over a year, level with packing tape at +0.7% (+6.8% annually). Tapes & strapping added 0.5% and the adhesive, strapping, bonding line 0.4%, with annual gains of 6.6% and 6.9%.
Labels and self-adhesive labels gained 0.6% over three months and 5.6% over a year, the smallest annual rises in the family, though close to the 5.7% packaging average. Outside strapping band and sleeve labels, then, annual moves sit in a narrow range between +5.6% and +7.0%.
Taken together, the nine materials average +0.3% over three months, with seven up and two down, and +7.4% over a year. That puts the family slightly behind packaging as a whole over the quarter, where the average is +0.4%, and well ahead of it over twelve months, where the group stands at +5.7%. On the annual view, only protective & void-fill, plastic and transport & load-securing rank higher among packaging families.
No market note covers any of these nine materials, so no dated news accompanies their moves. On the quarter, the order runs from adhesives, hot-melt adhesive and packing tape at the top down to strapping band at the bottom. Each of the nine moved over the quarter; none held steady.
The nine lines span self-adhesive and sleeve labels, packing tape, strapping band and adhesives, hot-melt glue included.