Labelexpo video: UPM Raflatac

Visitors to the UPM Raflatac stand are seeing sustainability in the spotlight, with Ocean Action labels made from ocean bound plastic waste, the new PureCycle wash-off paper label materials, and the RAFNXT+ paper label products and linerless labels.

Watch Robert Taylor from UPM Raflatac outline the company's new sustainability developments to Print21 editor Wayne Robinson, and explain why they are important for label printing. 

Food & Drink Business

Entries are now open for the 2026 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards, celebrating excellence, innovation and craftsmanship across the Australian wine industry. The competition has grown to attract over 2300 entries annually.

A single GS1-powered QR code carried verified sustainability and provenance data from an Australian farm through the supply chain to consumers in seven countries in a 12-month pilot that its backers say provides the interoperable data infrastructure blueprint for food and agriculture traceability.

Noumi will be taken private by its largest shareholder, Arrovest, after signing a binding scheme implementation deed with the Perich family investment company, ending a year-long strategic review triggered by the $610 million redemption of its convertible notes due in May 2027.