Helsinki, Finland, 2016-09-09 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
MUNKSJÖ OYJ, PRESS RELEASE 9 September, 2016 at 8.00 CEST
Munksjö, a world-leading manufacturer of advanced paper products, today inaugurates a totally new 9,200m² storage center at its specialty paper mill in Rottersac, France. This substantially improves the logistic conditions for a high-quality customer service.
The official inauguration will be attended by local and regional officials, key partners together with Group CEO Jan Åström and management. Chairman of the Board Peter Seligson will also be present at the event.
“Located at the Rottersac mill, the new storage centre will replace external storages, allowing us to ease logistic flows, reduce carbon foot print and enable a better quality control of packaging. It further demonstrates our commitment to continuously develop our business,” comments Thierry Chassagne, Rottersac Mill Manager.
“Rottersac mill operates in a competitive environment, offering specialty papers worldwide for packaging, graphic and other industrial specialties. Investing in efficient and optimized logistics is vital to maintain a leading market position in the markets where we operate. This new storage centre is an additional milestone in our strategy implementation. It will be accompanied by sustainable product development, quality and customers service improvement,” precises Roland Le Cardiec, President Graphics and Packaging.
The Rottersac Mill employs approximately 200 employees and is part of the Business Area Graphics and Packaging. This production site is specialized in the manufacturing of specialty papers for food and non-food flexible packaging, repositionable notes, envelop windows and other industrial applications. In everyday life, these papers are for instance used for baking, packaging of sweets or cheese, to name a few. The site is certified according to ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, FSC® and PEFC™ Chain-of-Custody.
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For more information, please contact:
Thierry Chassagne, Rottersac Mill Manager, tel. +33 (0)5 5361 5401, thierrry.chassagne@munksjo.com
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