UPM Raflatac and industrial labelling and identification solutions provider Logopak have agreed on a collaboration, which provides their customers the first robust linerless solution for print and apply labelling. With linerless labelling, omitting the label liner significantly increases the running length and capacity of the label rolls, saves costs and benefits the environment by reducing the CO₂ footprint in production and logistics. As a first step, the collaboration will improve the automatic labelling of secondary packaging.
The benefits of the collaboration for customers are realised through the excellent compatibility between Logopak’s linerless labelling technology and UPM Raflatac’s Linerless Opticut label material. Logopak has tested the functionality of the linerless printing with more than one million cuts with UPM Raflatac’s OptiCut material without any significant pollution or major abrasion of the cutter. This result is proof that together Logopak and UPM Raflatac can provide a labelling solution that takes automatic linerless labelling to an unprecedented level of speed, accuracy and reliability tackling the challenges linerless labelling has conventionally faced.
The Logopak’s fully automated Logomatic 410 Linerless labelling system provides sustainable, flexible and budget-friendly labelling of secondary packaging and shipping cartons. The Logomatic enables cutting the labels, which are coated with active adhesives, to individual sizes, which optimises both the material input and economically efficient use of Logopak’s innovative eco labeller.
UPM Raflatac’s Linerless Opticut is a labelling material that prevents paper jamming and provides excellent adhesion with minimal adhesive build-up. The solution minimises service time and offers customers maximum uptime of the labelling system with reduced need for roll changes, lower material costs and improved sustainability with FSC certified (FSC-C012530) raw materials and requires less raw materials than standard pressure-sensitive label materials. UPM Raflatac’s linerless range is also certified as a CarbonNeutral product against the CarbonNeutral Protocol by Climate Impact Partners.
“We have been determined to develop linerless labelling to new heights to drive both sustainability and efficiency. By joining forces with Logopak we can accelerate these advancements and offer first-class solutions also in the field of automated labelling,” says Ville Pollari, Business Segment Director, Paper Laminates EMEIA, UPM Raflatac.
“Our vision is to make industrial labelling consistently sustainable in order to improve the eco-balance in an efficient way. By close cooperation with UPM Raflatac, we can achieve a perfect interaction in the field of linerless labelling technology which enables us to offer complete solutions for our customers, from machinery and software to consumables. This underlines our mission to make business ‘Faster. Safer. Greener.’, says Patrick Petersen-Lund, Product Manager, Logopak Systeme.
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The fully automated Logomatic 410 Linerless labelling system provides sustainable, flexible and budget-friendly labelling of secondary packaging and shipping cartons
