OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD. (headquarters: Tennoji-ku, Osaka City; President: Matsuguchi Tadashi), a member of the OSP Group, is pleased to announce that the Japan Earth Conscious Labeling Association (J-ECOL), a general incorporated association established with directors selected from four companies: Oji Tack Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo), Sato Corporation (headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo), and Lintec Corporation (headquarters: Itabashi-ku, Tokyo), has launched in June 2023.

Website: https://www.j-ecol.or.jp/

■ Background of establishment

Stickers and labels that convey necessary information are essential to support our daily lives. However, due to their structure, the release paper left over from stickers and labels is difficult to use as a papermaking material, and effective use of the resource has been insufficient. With the demand for resource circulation growing, the label industry and label user industry were established with the aim of promoting the effective use of resources and efforts to reduce the environmental impact in order to fulfill their social mission.

■ Activities

Main activities of the Japan Label Recycling Association (J-ECOL)
1) Promoting the recycling of used release paper
・Establishment of waste separation guidelines and awareness-raising activities by members
・Consulting on recycling used release paper, matching recycling companies with label user companies
②Support for establishing recycling technologies
・Design of release paper that is easy to recycle and assistance to encourage recycling
3) Visualization and information dissemination of recycling status
- Visualization of environmental impact and dissemination of information on the progress of dissemination activities

[Circular recycling model concept]

■ OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD. Company Profile

• Company name: OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD.

• Address: 1-8 Obasecho-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

• Representative: Matsuguchi Tadashi

• Founded: 1927

• Business description: Manufacturing and sales of stickers, labels, film products, Carton Package, and sales of labeling systems

• URL: https://www.osp.co.jp/

■OSP Holdings Company Profile

• Company name: OSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

• Address: 6-8 Ajihara Honmachi Tennoji-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

• Representative: Matsuguchi Tadashi

• Founded: 1969

• Business description: Business planning and management of the corporate group and related operations

• URL: https://www.osp-group.jp

Founded in 1927, the OSP Group is a comprehensive packaging company with a total of 15 companies (9 domestic and 6 overseas), and has 18 production bases nationwide to fulfill its mission of social infrastructure, mainly food distribution. Since its founding, the company has expanded its business scope in response to changes in the times, such as customer needs and the social environment. Currently, the company provides products and services that enrich society and the lives of customers through the planning, design, and manufacturing of stickers and labels, Carton Package, and promotional materials. In order to achieve high quality and stable supply, the group also operates in a wide range of areas, from material procurement, development and manufacturing of sticker and label printing base paper and printing peripherals, to designing and research and development of labeling systems.