Fixing wrap-around labels with led-curable adhesives

An apparatus for labeling a bottle with a film label, the apparatus comprising:

• an infeed unit configured to feed bottles to be labeled;
• a label feeder configured to feed the film label;
• an LED adhesive applicator configured to apply an LED-curable adhesive on the film label;
• a mechanism to deliver label strips of the film label to wrap the bottles, wherein each label strip has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein upon wrapping a bottle the leading and trailing edges of the label strips of the film label overlap, and wherein at least portions of the LED-curable adhesive are disposed in the overlap between the leading and trailing edges;
• an LED station comprising at least one LED lamp configured to cure the LED-curable adhesive disposed in the overlap between the leading and trailing edges;
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• an output unit configured to deliver the labeled articles.