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

Woolworths has opened its new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Western Sydney, joining the company’s National Distribution Centre (NDC) at the Moorebank Logistics Precinct, which was completed in November 2024.

The NSW Government has announced the next phase of its Plastics Plan, setting out a roadmap to phase out single-use and problematic plastics as part of its broader strategy to tackle the state’s waste crisis.

More than 150 of Australia’s innovation experts gathered in Canberra last week for the annual National Innovation Policy Forum. Leaders from business, research and boundary-spanning entities, policymakers and parliamentarians were there, looking at how best to address the significant challenges facing local R&D.