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.

“Our mission is to continuously develop our product offerings and service concepts and provide substantial value to our label printer customers,” says Heikki Pikkarainen, president of UPM Raflatac. “The Dixon factory is one of the key strategic investments we have made to increase our capabilities and build capacity in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. With the new facility we’re further enhancing our service capabilities to remain our partners’ number-one choice in the important North American market.”