Diverse products and best-in-class service make UPM Raflatac labelstock the leading choice for wine industry buyers

UPM Raflatac, a full product line supplier to the wine industry, is pleased to announce a new 24-hour service offering to the Napa Valley, California, region. Customers can now take advantage of next day delivery of the company's high quality, high performance wine labelstock products if their order is placed by 12:00 noon PST.

This addition to the company’s exceptional service program, which also includes all wine products available trimless at 5,000 feet and 95 percent of all rolls delivered splice-free, enables industry participants, including vintners, printers and wineries, to optimize the efficiency of their operations. Customers can depend on UPM Raflatac’s 99 percent delivery accuracy to fulfill just-in-time orders, without maintaining excess or aging inventory in stock.

Bottle success with UPM Raflatac wine products

UPM Raflatac’s wine labelstock product range for the Americas market is extremely diverse and now includes products compatible with HP Indigo technology. The company’s dedicated wine adhesives include RS30, which affixes permanently after three hours and passes the ice bucket test, and RW110F, which provides permanent adhesion and warm water wash-off. All of UPM Raflatac’s wine paper facestocks are wet strength, and all of the company's wine labelstock products are available with either a 44# PK or a PET liner.

Working for a sustainable future 

Customers also benefit from UPM Raflatac’s commitment to sustainability, as evidenced by the company’s achievement of IS0 14001:2004 certification for its Mills River, North Carolina, labelstock factory as well as its environmentally friendly RafEco™ product line, which includes ENVI® – an FSC-certified, 100 percent recycled content, premium smooth, ultra white, wet strength wine face paper.

In addition, the company's Dixon, Illinois, labelstock factory has successfully completed an ISO 14001:2004 certification audit and has been recommended for certification. The highly automated facility uses proprietary technology and streamlined processes to reduce waste, minimizing the environmental impact of its labelstock manufacturing operations.

UPM Raflatac at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

UPM Raflatac will be presenting its extensive wine labelstock portfolio, including face materials, adhesives and liners at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento, California, from January 26-29, 2010. The largest event in the wine industry, the Symposium annually draws more than 550 vendors and 11,000 market participants for thought leadership, product demonstrations and networking.

For more information on UPM Raflatac’s wine products, please visit Booth #2418 at the Symposium, or contact a UPM Raflatac representative to obtain a comprehensive swatchbook that features printed samples of all of the company's winestocks.

For further information, please contact:

Ms Patricia Lähepelto, Marketing Communications Manager, UPM Raflatac, Americas
Tel. +1 828 279 6340
Mr Patrick Goss, Prime Business Director, UPM Raflatac, Americas
Tel. +1 828 651 4893