UPM Raflatac launches UPM Raflatac Forest Film PE ™

June 8th, 2020

UPM Raflatac presents UPM Raflatac Forest Film PE ™ to complement your range of sustainable labeling solutions.

“We want to add value to our customers by offering a wide variety of sustainable alternatives to choose from. Examples of these include UPM Raflatac Forest Film PE and PP, the first wood-based film label materials on the market, and UPM Raflatac PP PCR made from post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR), ”he says. Timo Keki, Vice President, Films SBU UPM Raflatac. «As one of the signatories of the initiative Ellen MacArthur New Plastic Economy We will continue to drive the industry forward by innovating with products that reduce the use of virgin non-renewable raw materials.

Forest Film PE label material is produced in collaboration with UPM Biofuels and Dow. UPM Biofuels provides the raw material 100% based on wood waste UPM BioVerno naphtha, which is then processed by Dow in bio-based plastic granules to extrude into label film. «This new product shows the versatility of UPM BioVerno as a raw material. Crude oil, a residue from the production of paper pulp, is transformed into UPM BioVerno naphtha, which can be used as a raw material for different types of plastics, helping brand owners meet their sustainability goals in the packaging, "he says Panu routasalo, vice president of UPM Biofuels.

Forest Film PE begins UPM's collaboration with Dow on labeling applications. Last year, Dow announced the commercialization of bioplastics for the packaging and labeling industry from a renewable, bio-based raw material. Dow integrated UPM BioVerno wood-based naphtha, a key raw material used to develop plastics, into its range of raw materials, creating an alternative source for plastics production. Dow uses this raw material to produce different types of bio-based polyethylenes (PE).

The Forest Film product range has an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). It is produced using sustainable bio-raw material, replacing the equivalent amount of fossil resources used in the production process, using a mass balance approach, which represents the amount of sustainable resources.

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