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RecyclabilityrecognitionforUPM UNI Packaging supplying co- extrusion technology in theUK


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PM Raflatac received the


fromthe Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for its two new shrink sleeve filmlabel products. The recognition confirms that the company’s undecorated RafShrink PO MDO 40 LS and RafSfShrink PO TDO 45 HS shrink sleeve films are compatible with recycling and meet or exceed requirements stated in APR’s Critical Guidance Document established for improving the quality of post- consumer plastics recycling. Shrink sleeve films are the astest growingmethod fofor


Critical Guidance recognition fo


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labelling because they open up an array of possibilities for package design, shape and 360-degree decoration. By using UPM’s shrink sleeve films, brand owners now have new sustainable and recycling-compatible choices when it comes to branding and packaging their products.


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In a letter to UPMRaflatac, APR thanked the company fofor its cooperation in using this important protocol, which is


intended to improve the quality of recycled bottles.Meeting the Critical Guidance Document


guidelines is a truly significant step in demonstrating overall


recyclability of UPMRaflatac’s label and decoration products.


“The APR recognition of our two newshrink sleeve films emphasises our commitment to support the recyclability of plastic packaging, and sustainability in general,”says ErkkiNyberg, director,,r shrink sleeve films, UPMRaflatac. “We continue to growour product portfofolio tomeet the requirements of various shrink sleeve label application


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technologies used by global brand owners to showcase their products.” Earlier this year, UPMreceived pressure-


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plastic packaging, and in 2014 APR recognised two of the company’s shrink sleeve products.


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Initiative follows Avery Dennison’s commitments to climate change lobal labelling and packagingmaterials


manufacturer Avery Dennison Corporation has signed a wind power purchase


agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy to offset 50 per cent of the company’s USA-based greenhouse gas emissions derived from


electricity consumption, signalling commitment by Avery Dennison to renewable energy and energy eficient practices and technology. Under the agreement with Apex’s Perryton Wind, a 299.91 MWwind energy project to be


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will purchase 20 MWof renewable Texas, Avery


Ochiltree County, energy capacity y, Te y.. The PPA is a key component of


Avery Dennison’s 2025 sustainability goal to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by at least three per cent annually, and by at least 26 per cent overall, between 2015 and 2025,made as part of the company’s new participation inWorldWildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program. Perryton will be Apex’s fifth Texas wind farm, powering the equivalent of 108,000 US homes. The facility will consist of 130 Siemens 2.307 MWturbines.


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According to Roland Simon, vice president of global procurement and global sustainability leader at Avery Dennison, the partnership with Apex is one of the ways Avery Dennison continues to create shared value fo


“It’s important for us to optimise renewable energy sources in a way that ripples outward to create change that encompasses farmore than our own business,” said Simon.


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the industry and communities worldwide. He noted that the PPA will provide clean, renewable electricity equal to 50 per cent of the power consumed by Avery Dennison’s US operations.


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Apex, independent energy solutions provider,r, was awarded a 2016 Green Power Leadership Award by the Center for Resource Solutions in October for bringing wind capacity tomarket and its expansion of direct purchasing of clean energy.y. Avery Dennison’s investment in renewable wind power demonstrates its continued focus on energy eficiency and energy reduction. The agreement with Apex comes on the heels of Avery joiningWWF’s Climate Savers Program, a global group of partner companies engaged in the transition to a climate-friendly economy. Additional goals set withWWF include covering the equivalent of 100 per cent of electricity consumption at Avery’s USA operations with renewable energy by 2025, and addressing climate change throughmaximising use of paper made with recycled or certified wood fibre.


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AMILEN 11-layer filmrange to the UKmarket. Themove sees UNI becoming the exclusive distributor of the German producer’s cast co- extrusion technology for flexible thermoforming top- and base-web films. Offering up to 20 per centmaterial thickness down gauging, the AMILEN 11-layer filmrange can provide a reduction in both costs and packagingwastewhen compared to standard three, five or seven layer films. Available in thicknesses of 5 –30–350µm, combinations of PA, PP, EVOH are used to produce films fofor standard thermofoforming, vacuumor modified atmosphere packing.Options for extended shelf life, cooking, pasteurisation and sterilisation (including gamma irradiation) are available. Other key benefits include lay-flat properties (no curling), enhanced forming properties, sealing through contamination, superb transparency and gloss, high puncture resistance and gas barriers. The 11-layer film ranges are suitable fofor thermoformingmany food products in themeat, y, seafood, bakery, vegetable and pet-food sectors; they are also suitable for industrial andmedical therm fo orming applications. “We are very excited to be working with VF Verpackungen in


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promoting their 11-layer technology in the UK,” said UNI Packaging’s Rod Entwistle. “Not only will the range provide flexible thermoformers with reduced packaging costs, they will also benefit fromthe superior quality of product that VF Ve


Verpackungen are renowned fofor.” y, NI Packaging has teamed up with VF Ve Verpackungen to roll out its


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