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Compostable labels are now available from Swanson Plastics, via Premier Labelling Solutions Ltd to put on Econic® and other bio-degradable packaging.
The new compostable labels are ideal for putting on plain packs and can be custom-printed to maximise branding and shelf appeal.
Developed in partnership with Tauranga’s EcoSavi Group, the compostable labels are an adaptation of Swanson’s award-winning SACK™ technology, which easily breaks down when composted into CO2, water and bio-mass from the micro-organism activity. They also incorporate a unique, specifically designed water-based adhesive, free of the numerous chemicals used in traditional adhesives. This enables the labels to break down in just two and a half months after composting.

FINAT, the international association for the self-adhesive label industry, reports on a very successful 2011 edition of Labelexpo, that marked the 20th anniversary of the Labelexpo partnerships.

“In all respects this has been the best show ever,” says Kurt Walker, FINAT President. “I heard very positive feedback from both exhibitors and visitors. Labelexpo gave a ‘motivational and comforting’ injection to the industry. Exhibitors demonstrated how new technologies such as digital print can create market potential in new segments. Labelexpo also revealed the ongoing initiatives taken for a greener and more sustainable industry. These in turn can result in additional business opportunities and value adding services.”

The main aim of any business is to be as productive as possible by spending as little time and money as possible. The more orders that are received, the more profit it made. For those businesses which specialise in packaging, a good way to achieve this is by purchasing a label dispenser.

Without a label dispenser, labelling would be a manual task and take much longer to do. Label dispensers are much more efficient than human beings. Label dispensers can be programmed meaning that each label is placed in exactly the same place and position on each and every bottle. Label dispensers are extremely precise so each bottle looks the same, giving the packaging a much more consistent look. Label dispensers can repeat the same processes over and over again without getting tired and making mistakes.

There are two main types of label dispenser; firstly, there are those which simply dispense labels and the second, and more advanced, type of label dispenser can also print labels.

Etipack is a partner of the UnivocalSign supply chain.

Etipack as a specialist of labelling and coding systems, is among the key partners within the supply chain of UnivocalSign, the new identification system securing products originality in a univocal way.
This patent system identifies products by a univocal and single fingerprint-like mark, being very unlike current protection means against counterfeit (RFID, holograms, labels with serial numbers), always liable to counterfeit for their serial character and to duplication either by the producer, by the data or software manager.
The partners of the UnivocalSign system belong among specialized companies, selected so as to provide for their own markets, the best available know-how and include beside Etipack, Ritrama, Prati and Dacom.
The UnivocalSign system consists of a patent label produced using a self-adhesive material especially devised Ritrama, on a Prati inspection machine; the univocal code of each label is stored in a server managed by Dacom and becomes “active” and available through a special software only when an Etipack labelling machine applies it. Consumers can check the originality of products by sending the code via MMS, SMS or mail, and waiting for a real time feed-back by Dacom server centre.
Unlike other systems, UnivocalSign makes the consumer a key actor of the chain, his checking on products serving the consumer himself and the brand producer as well.
On a global scale products counterfeiting amounts to almost 10% of trade goods and involves heavy losses to producers, in terms of sales, image, credibility and legal expenses and damages to consumers in terms of safety and health care and deceit as far as quality of counterfeited products.

The new advertising campaign: Industry Changes. Change with Etipack.
Our new advertising campaign was launched in January 2010. It interprets Etipack’s outlook on 4 crucial issues concerning the relationship between the company and its customers: rapid service, customer satisfaction, flexible offer, prompt technical assistance.