UPM Raflatac has developed a series of removable label materials to meet
the requirements of EU Energy Labelling Directive 2010/30/EU, which requires
the efficiency of products which have a significant impact on energy
consumption to be clearly labeled to guide decisions by purchasers.
White goods like refrigerators, washing machines and dryers, as well as
TVs, window glazing and air-conditioning units have been included in the scope
of the Energy Labelling Directive for some time. More product groups are
gradually being included, with vacuum cleaners among the most recent products
to require energy labels.
UPM Raflatac new series of removable label materials have been designed
to suit the directive, and to meet brand owner requirements for full
functionality, end-user convenience and visually high quality. They also
fulfill brand owners’ increasingly rigorous demands for environmentally sound
labeling alternatives, UPM Raflatac said.
UPM Raflatac’s energy labeling products offer filmic, coated paper and
digital label faces with a choice of removable and ultra-removable adhesives
selected for different types of surfaces and levels of smoothness or texture.
Once the label is removed, sensitive surfaces remain free from adhesive
residue.
Advanced water-based and UV acrylic adhesives offer more environmentally
sound alternatives to solvent-based products and have equivalent or better
performance in numerous applications, UPM Raflatac added.
