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UPM Raflatac

04 Jun 2025

UPM Raflatac makes a sustainability impact

By Staff Writer

In its 2024 Climate Review, UPM Raflatac highlights its significant progress as a global partner for sustainable material solutions. UPM Raflatac and its partners are driving climate action in three focus areas: forests and land, emission reductions, and products and services. Reducing the use of fossil fuels is the most important way to mitigate climate...
15 Oct 2024

New labels e-book by UPM Raflatac

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac helps enhance packaging recyclability across the FMCG value chain with new e-book. The Packaging Recyclability Guide is designed to help fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) stakeholders across the packaging value chain navigate the complexities of packaging design and recyclability. UPM Raflatac’s new guide, which is available as a free e-book on the company’s website...
04 Jun 2024

Sustainable packaging: Lower footprint labels

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac launches a new “Carbon Action Plastic Labels” portfolio to help brands reduce their packaging footprint. According to the UN, today only 15% of the Sustainable Development Goal targets are on track. In September 2023, UPM joined the UN Global Compact Forward Faster initiative to accelerate this pace. To demonstrate its commitment to the...
06 Feb 2024

Decoding the influence behind wine labelling

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac’s ground breaking neuromarketing study unveils how label materials and finishes shape consumer perceptions, driving purchases and influencing post-purchase enjoyment. UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of innovative and sustainable self-adhesive paper and film products, has released the findings of a new neuromarketing study. Results show the power of different label materials and finishes to shape...
10 Jan 2024

UPM Raflatac reaches certification target years ahead of time

By Staff Writer

All papers sourced by UPM Raflatac, whether used as a face paper or a release liner in its labelling materials, are now certified under a credible third-party forest certification scheme. Having all papers certified is one of UPM Raflatac’s 2030 responsible sourcing and climate targets, which it has achieved six years ahead of time. “Reaching...
27 Oct 2023

Recycling compatible adhesives for logistics and e-commerce fiber packages

By Staff Writer

Ten UPM Raflatac adhesives for logistics and e-commerce paper labels have been certified as recyclable in the paper and board-based packaging stream by the applied research and services institute Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS) in 2023. These adhesives are intended for large volume solutions, providing customers with the added benefit of recycling-compatible, verified labelling solutions without requiring any product...
15 Aug 2023

UPM recognised with platinum EcoVadis rating

By Staff Writer

UPM receives platinum in the EcoVadis responsibility assessment with a high industry score. EcoVadis has recognised UPM with a platinum score based on the company’s sustainability performance in the following four categories: Environment Labour and human rights Ethics Sustainable procurement. Only 1% of the 100 000 global companies assessed by EcoVadis received platinum. UPM’s score...
10 Jun 2022

World’s first certified label material fights ocean-bound plastic pollution

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac is the first company in the world to invest in Ocean Bound Plastics (OBP) waste as label raw material in its new Ocean Action labels. The Ocean Action labels are made from ocean bound plastic using mass balance approach. Ocean bound plastic is abandoned plastic waste recovered from areas up to 50km inland...
25 Jan 2021

UPM Raflatac scales up linerless labelstock production

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac is strengthening its position in the fast-growing linerless labelstock market by scaling up its production capacity and building a new production line in Nowa Wies, Poland. Direct Thermal (DT) linerless labelling is a cost-efficient and sustainable alternative to traditional label stock. Gaining ground Driven by sustainability trends and the need for increased efficiency,...
04 Dec 2019

UPM Raflatac goes BPA-free

By Staff Writer

From January 2020 the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) will no longer be allowed to be used in making thermal paper in the European Union. In response, UPM Raflatac has announced its portfolio of thermal label papers and films is now BPA-free. Moreover, the company is providing total phenol-free thermal label paper options.
03 Dec 2019

Introducing the world’s first material verified by the Carbon Trust

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac RAFNXT+ is now the world’s first label material verified by the Carbon Trust, an international organisation working to reduce carbon emissions. Compared to the company’s standard range, it helps companies to reduce their carbon footprint and mitigate climate change.
19 Aug 2019

UPM Raflatac responds to the growing need for renewable packaging materials

By Staff Writer

UPM Raflatac is the first label material producer to bring a new wood-based polypropylene film material into the market. The UPM Raflatac Forest Film label material has been developed in collaboration with UPM Biofuels using UPM BioVerno naphtha, a 100 per cent wood-based solution originating from sustainably managed forests.
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