UPM Raflatac has announced that it will close down its Kaltenkirchen mill close to Hamburg in Germany The site produces self-adhesive products for labels and graphic solutions The company put the number of positions affected at 154 and said it would implement the closure in stages during 2025 The production of label material in Kaltenkirchen will be transferred to UPM Raflatac’s mills in Poland and Finland the company will transfer the graphic solutions production to its mill in Belgium UPM Raflatac had announced in July this year that it would take over Belgian company Grafityp to accelerate its growth in this segment The production of graphics solutions will continue in Kaltenkirchen until the transfer of the upgraded coating line is completed UPM wants to create the conditions to grow in the Films and Graphics business "By centralising the production to more cost competitive factories we will also improve the cost efficiency and quality of our products," added Tim Kirchen UPM Raflatac is a subisdiary of the UPM group and offers seld-adhesive paper and film products The company operates 13 mills and employs around 3,100 people Service Customer Service+49 7224 9397-701 servicenoSpam@GO-AWAYeuwid.de Editorial Team+49 7224 9397-0 papernoSpam@GO-AWAYeuwid.com Get the latest news about developments and trends in the industry sent to you once a week free of charge by newsletter Sign up for our newsletter We use cookies and external services on our website others enhance your user experience or help us improve this website You can change your privacy settings any time by clicking privacy policy Necessary cookies are required for the correct functioning of the website Content from video platforms and map services is blocked by default. If access to these services is accepted, separate consent is no longer required when using them. You can find more information on the individual external services in our privacy policy UPM Raflatac has announced that it is closing its Kaltenkirchen factory in Germany with production being transferred to two of its other sites makes self-adhesive filmic labelstock and graphics materials It became part of UPM Raflatac in 2022 with the acquisition of German firm Advanced Methods of Coating. UPM Raflatac said 154 jobs were likely to go as a result The shutdown of the site will take place in stages next year “with a strong focus on customers Label material production will be transferred to UPM Raflatac factories in Poland and Finland Production of graphics materials will move to the firm’s factory in Belgium, acquired when UPM Raflatac took over Grafityp earlier this year commented: “The aim of these changes is to accelerate our growth in the Films and Graphics business by improving the overall profitability of our operations and maximising synergies “By centralising the production to more cost competitive factories we will also improve the cost efficiency and quality of our products and will be able provide better service to our customers.” UPM Raflatac said that production of graphics solutions would continue at Kaltenkirchen until the transfer of the upgraded CM 3 coating line to Belgium was completed UPM Raflatac posted sales up 25% last year although comparable EBIT was down 52% at €103m in the face of a difficult market The overall UPM group had sales of €10.46bn in 2023. The business issued a profit warning for this year in October. Printweek welcomes informed debate, but please read our House Rules before posting Printweek is the premier website for the print industry UPM Raflatac has completed the acquisition of AMC AG (Advanced Methods of Coating) The acquisition announced in May 2022 was closed on 15 September 2022 after regulatory clearances AMC AG employs more than 300 people and has two production sites in Northern Germany UPM Raflatac expects to realize significant synergies through the acquisition By joining forces with AMC AG UPM Raflatac will accelerate its growth and expand its product portfolio New product areas include Viscom/Graphics materials which are currently sold under the Intercoat brand and removable self-adhesive products under the brand names Global Notes and Print Inform the transaction will strengthen UPM Raflatac’s position in Central Europe “We are pleased that the transaction has now been closed and we can start growing together in the attractive specialty packaging value chain and offer an even stronger product portfolio to our customers,” says Antti Jääskeläinen UPM continues in its strategic path strengthening the company’s transformation and long-term value creation in one of its three spearheads of growth For further information please contact:Antti Jääskeläinen Media contacts coordinated by UPM Media Relations Click here to download images UPM, Media RelationsMon-Fri 9:00-16:00 EESTtel. +358 40 588 3284media@upm.com We use cookies on this website to ensure the best user experience and target personalised content and relevant advertising Some cookies are necessary to provide you with a trustworthy service and cannot be declined For more information, please see our Privacy Policy We and our business partners use cookies to collect information about you for various purposes: You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the Cookie settings in the footer of each page This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Services apply This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Pastorin Ursula Sieg informed me that she arranged for me to preach in a church whose pastor in those days was a Nazi and a murderer who arranged every detail of our 10-week visit to Germany but it is also the site of a former concentration camp where prisoners endured brutal Wealthy neighbors nearby lived their lives in comfort I couldn’t I drive through the region without being flooded by images of Nazi soldiers hunting after me with snarling Rottweilers 16th-century structure that was once the pulpit of Ernst Szymanowski (who Germanized his Polish name to Biberstein) Biberstein was an ardent Hitler supporter who left the church to become a lieutenant colonel in the SS supervising at least two mass murders that claimed at least 2000 lives He was tried at Nuremberg for his crimes and sentenced to death by hanging but the sentence was commuted to life in prison Through pressure exerted by the Lutheran Church Biberstein was released from prison in 1958 and lived out his life in comfort until he died at age 85 Pastorin Martina Dittkrist warmly introduced me as the first rabbi ever to preach in that church. My visit, she said, was part of the church’s ongoing process of atonement for the sins of its past. The text for that Sunday was the Exodus passage (Chapter 34) in which God commanded Moses to carve out two tablets of stone to replace those he smashed and I referenced the Midrashic teaching that our ancestors not only carried the new tablets of the Covenant in the ark The lesson is that we learn as much or even more from our failures as we do from our successes I also emphasized the difference between the anger of God and the love and mercy of God that extends to the thousandth you must always carry the broken stones that Biberstein represents with you but you can go forward confident that your atonement is accepted and that your generation does not bear direct responsibility for the sins of the past And then I addressed the ghost of Biberstein: “Despite your sins and we must always carry its lessons with us We do so not to wallow in pity but to shape a better a future.” The symbol of Michaeliskirchen in Kaltenkirchen will always be the haunting painting of “The Broken Cross” by Hannelore Golberg which hangs in its reception room as an acknowledgment of the sad chapter in the church’s history answering questions of a standing-room crowd about our visit and my sermon the soldiers and Rottweilers were no longer looking for me may the lessons of both crosses lead the congregation forward on its journey of atonement reconciliation and faithful service to God Min in Biblical Interpretation from Vanderbilt Divinity School named him its “Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.” Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks Refrigerated transport Joachim Jacobs GmbH & Co has always been a recognized service provider in the fresh transport sector in the north of Germany moved to a new site on the Kaltenkirchen industrial site last year and is now ready for the future with an expanded capacity of around 8,000 m2 Joachim Jacobs will retire at the age of 70 to hand over management to Max-Wilhelm Saara the successor sees the future as positive for his company: "At our current location we have enough opportunities to expand our activities We already have additional services such as a handling hall for TC products and a truck washing system which we still use for 90 percent of our own vehicles," says Mr Jacobs Transport GmbH has been IFS certified for several years Organic transport as a development areaAs a traditional company Jacobs has been active in the fresh transport sector for many years: Due to its proximity to the fresh markets in Bremen fruit and vegetables also make up a substantial part of the turnover.A long-term partner since 2000 is Naturkost Grell one of the larger organic suppliers in Northern Germany "Although we are not alone in the transport of organic goods on the market there is no real abundance of providers in this area we are also getting more and more inquiries from organic suppliers we see this customer base as an interesting development area for our company," says Saara Traffic congestion and toll paymentsBut Joachim Jacobs GmbH & Co certainly sees inevitable challenges in and around the transport sector primarily on the A7 and in Hamburg city traffic: "Whenever possible around Hamburg we start rolling at 4:00 clock it is becoming increasingly difficult to do this since many customers want to present fresh goods and therefore only want to be supplied between 6:00 and 7:00 toll regulations are becoming more and more complicated for us as well as for the customers Of course we are interested in renewable energies for our vehicles so that we can drive toll-free Driver shortagesA final but worrying problem is the continued driver shortage mainly from Eastern Europe and third countries "We communicate on an equal footing with our staff and try to have them appropriately insuranced This is something that is clearly appreciated." 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