UPM Raflatac opens distribution center in Russia

UPM Raflatac has opened a new labelstock slitting and distribution terminal in Chelyabinsk, Russia to expand its offering in the Ural region.

UPM Raflatac opens distribution center in Russia to expand its offering in the Ural region.

The new facility features two-meter-wide slitting capabilities and allows UPM Raflatac to offer an expanded range of innovative and sustainable paper, film and special products to customers in the Ural region.

The new terminal joins UPM Raflatac’s Russian Terminal Network, which includes facilities in St. Petersburg and Moscow region that opened in 2009 and 2011, respectively. It further expands the service network and confirms the company’s commitment to the Russian market and the surrounding region.

‘Our new terminal in Chelyabinsk takes us to a whole different level. Ural is the most developed industrial region in Russia and the opening of the new terminal will allow us to shorten our lead times as well as better serve the Volga, Siberia, Far East and in the future Central Asia regions,’ said Alexander Sorokin, director of sales in Russia at UPM Raflatac.

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