Kuehne + Nagel to manage UPM Raflatac’s transport planning

Kuehne + Nagel to manage UPM Raflatac’s transport planning    UPM Raflatac, a supplier of pressure-sensitive labelstock and radio frequency identification tags and inlays, has contracted with Swiss forwarding and logistics group Kuehne + Nagel to manage its transport planning across Europe.
   UPM Raflatac is a unit of forest product company UPM and operates a network of labelstock production facilities and slitting terminals across the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Hungary. At these sites, paper mother rolls are coated and labelstock is cut-to-order for customers in the product and information labeling market.
   Under the terms of the contract, Kuehne + Nagel will plan and execute all UPM Raflatac transports using sub-contracted hauliers, as well as providing the customer with the respective information for production planning.