UPM Raflatac Opens Illinois Facility

TAMPERE, Finland—UPM Raflatac recently celebrated the opening of its new North American pressure-sensitive labelstock manufacturing facility in Dixon, Ill., about 100 miles west of Chicago.

The new $100 million facility will offer UPM Raflatac’s full product range of paper and film label products and features the company’s latest proprietary technical solutions in both the coating and finishing areas. With its end-to-end automation, UPM Raflatac expects the Dixon factory will be the most innovative labelstock production and distribution facility in the industry.