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LABELS&LABELING |15<br />
HOT OFF THE PRESS<br />
A ROUND-UP OF THE LATEST<br />
GLOBAL LABEL STORIES<br />
DENNY BROS ACQUIRES<br />
UK CONVERTER DITAC<br />
A LARGE PART OF PRODUCTION will move to Willowbridge Labels<br />
The Denny Bros Group has acquired<br />
fellow UK converter Ditac Limited, based<br />
in Harlow, Essex. Ditac, established<br />
by Richard Blackwell in 1984, supplies<br />
specialist labels and systems to a wide<br />
range of customers nationally. The Ditac<br />
name will be retained.<br />
The company will continue to have<br />
a presence in Harlow, but much of<br />
the production is being transferred to<br />
Willowbridge Labels, operating from<br />
Rougham near Bury St Edmunds under<br />
the control of managing director Karl<br />
Seeley.<br />
RICHARD BLACKWELL (left) seals the<br />
deal with Karl Seeley of Willowbridge<br />
Labels – a Denny Bros Group company<br />
Richard Blackwell will continue in the<br />
employment of the company for an<br />
agreed period before retirement. There<br />
will be no job losses, and the company<br />
hopes jobs will be created in due<br />
course at Willowbridge as the operation<br />
expands.<br />
Willowbridge Labels was purchased<br />
by Denny Bros Group in 2005, and since<br />
then it has benefitted from significant<br />
investment including new premises and<br />
new equipment, the latest of which being<br />
a SpeedStar digital label press and AMS<br />
label system.<br />
UPM TO BEGIN IN-HOUSE<br />
RELEASE LINER RECYCLING<br />
UPM has developed an in-house method for<br />
recycling paper-based release liner back into<br />
pulp and paper. Release liner is the siliconized<br />
backing material that is an essential part<br />
of self-adhesive labelstock until the printed<br />
labels have been taken into use.<br />
Packers and brand owners can now have<br />
their used release paper recycled at UPM’s<br />
paper mill’s de-inking plant in Plattling,<br />
Germany, instead of sending it to incineration.<br />
At the UPM facility, the liner is de-siliconized<br />
and processed into pulp to be used as raw<br />
material for UPM’s paper products.<br />
‘This innovative solution serves the entire<br />
industry. We are very happy that our constant<br />
aims to minimize solid waste and maximize<br />
the reuse of raw materials are coming true<br />
also in the label value chain. With four million<br />
tonnes of recovered paper per year, UPM is<br />
the world’s largest user of recycled fiber in<br />
graphic papers and therefore we have access<br />
to various types of recovered papers – now<br />
also including release papers. This is truly<br />
one part of our Biofore thinking coming alive,’<br />
said Marko Haveri, portfolio manager, fine and<br />
specialty papers.<br />
Good Reflections<br />
Nothing on retail shelves matches the<br />
exceptional appearance of packages and labels<br />
with the unique sheen of Brushfoil. And in today’s<br />
challenging marketplace, Brushfoil is a brilliant<br />
performer – commanding attention, projecting quality<br />
and reflecting the value of what’s inside every package.<br />
Give your next package or label the look of quality it deserves.<br />
Success begins with the finish.<br />
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