UPM Raflatac has opened a new labelstock slitting and distribution terminal in Kiev, Ukraine, to supply both film and paper label materials to customers in the country.
“By opening a terminal, UPM Raflatac is setting a superior service level in this dynamic market,” says the company’s area sales director, eastern Europe and Middle East, Dmitrij Strechin.
“Ukrainian printers will receive customs-cleared, net-width slit materials sold in local currency from a direct supplier,” Strechin continues. “We’ll be providing customers with finishing quality according to European standards, fast delivery to each part of this vast country, professional sales and technical support. We’re confident our partners will enjoy real benefits.”
UPM Raflatac says its new Ukraine terminal further strengthens its position in the eastern European market.
Between 2009 and 2012, the company has opened a labelstock factory in Poland, and new slitting and distribution terminals in St Petersburg and Moscow in Russia, and Istanbul, Turkey.
Employing 2,400 people and reporting sales in excess of €1.1 billion in 2011, UPM Raflatac, part of UPM’s Engineered Materials business group, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of self-adhesive label materials, with a global service network consisting of 13 factories on six continents and a broad network of sales offices and slitting and distribution terminals worldwide.
