Sep 03, 2012. Raflatac has completed its acquisition of the labelstock business operations of Gascogne Laminates Switzerland of the Gascogne Group. Gascogne Laminates Switzerland employs approximately 110 people in its operations in Martigny, Switzerland.
UPM Raflatac completes the acquisition of Gascogne’s labelstock operations in Switzerland
Sep 03, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Raflatac has completed its acquisition of the labelstock business operations of Gascogne Laminates Switzerland of the Gascogne Group. The acquisition was announced on 1 June 2012. Gascogne Laminates Switzerland employs approximately 110 people in its operations in Martigny, Switzerland, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.
“UPM Raflatac has focused in recent years on growth in special labelstock products. As a result of this transaction we will strengthen our position in this product area in Europe,” says Tapio Kolunsarka, Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle-East and Africa.
UPM has today started employee consultations in Martigny in order to adjust the cost structure and organization of the factory to a sustainable level.
UPM Raflatac, part of UPM’s Engineered Materials business group, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of self-adhesive label materials. UPM Raflatac has a global service network consisting of 14 factories on six continents and a broad network of sales offices and slitting and distribution terminals worldwide.
