UPM Raflatac

Labelexpo Asia 2011, which was held between 29 November and 2 December in Shanghai, has proved to be the most successful year in the show’s history.

Pressure-sensitive labeling technology has many advantages and has a huge installed base of label application equipment, but its waste profile could be viewed as a longer term Achilles Heel.

UPM Raflatac has launched its 2.6 mil PP Hi-Opacity White TC product offering for the Americas market. This bright white, highly opaque film provides customers with an alternative to traditional pearlescent white films. UPM Raflatac’s new 2.6 mil PP Hi-Opacity White TC film products are suited to health and beauty, pharmaceuticals and food labeling applications. Designed for trouble-free, flexographic printing with film inks, this facestock’s bright white appearance showcases multi-colored graphics and text to their best advantage, even when reverse-printed, says the company. The range available with RP37, the company’s water-based emulsion adhesive for films, and a variety of

News on suppliers to the package printing industry, including Mark Andy, Heidelberg, acpo ltd., Bunting Magnetics, Presstek, Martin Automatic, and more.

UPM Raflatac announced the launch of ProLiner PP30 for the Americas market. ProLiner PP30 is a unique, ultra-thin, easily recyclable polypropylene (PP) liner for paper-faced labels. It significantly enhances paper labelstock productivity and profitability, and offers “pros” for the entire labeling value chain.

Consumer product packaging brand owners, designers, production specialists and procurement professionals learned about the advantages that digital production solutions offer at the recent Follow Possible Package Printing Forum presented by Hamilton, Ohio-based Innovative Labeling Solutions (ILS) and sponsored by HP.

UPM Raflatac, one of the world's leading suppliers of self-adhesive labelstock, will acquire Gumtac, the Brazilian labelstock coating and slitting business of BIC Group. Gumtac is located in Rio de Janeiro and employs approximately 35 people.

Label Summit Latin America opens up in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 17-18,  2011 at the Hotel Transamerica with a new format that will see live machinery demonstrations take place for the very first time.

TAMPERE, Finland—HID Global and UPM Raflatac announced a worldwide technology license agreement that enables UPM Raflatac to incorporate HID Global’s tamperproof and secure RFID sealing label technology and IP into their contactless product family. UPM Raflatac is the first company to offer HID’s secure RFID sealing solution worldwide.

ITASCA, Ill.—Xeikon announced that it has worked closely with UPM Raflatac to qualify a range of label substrates on its Xeikon 3300 digital press.