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UPM Specialty Materials is a dedicated business area within the Finnish multinational UPM-Kymmene Oyj, focused on manufacturing specialty papers for packaging and labelling applications.
The company produces a range of high-performance, renewable papers including barrier base papers, coated one-side (C1S) packaging papers, release base papers, face papers for labels, and in the Asia-Pacific region, office and graphic papers. These products serve as sustainable alternatives to fossil-based materials in flexible packaging, labelling, and industrial applications, emphasizing recyclability and direct food contact suitability.
With mills in Jämsänkoski and Valkeakoski (Finland), Dörpen (Germany), and Changshu (China), UPM Specialty Materials maintains a global production capacity of approximately 2 million tonnes per year. The operations are supported by around 1,800 to 2,000 employees and achieved sales of €1.315 billion in 2025.
As part of UPM's advanced materials segment, it benefits from the parent company's extensive resources, sustainability commitments, and global supply chain. UPM-Kymmene Oyj, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, is a leading material solutions provider listed on Nasdaq Helsinki, with a strong emphasis on bio-based and circular economy solutions across its portfolio of fibres, advanced materials, and decarbonization products.
In the industry, UPM Specialty Materials holds a prominent position in the development of fibre-based packaging solutions, collaborating with converters and brand owners to meet growing demands for sustainable secondary packaging and labelling materials.
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A paper-based secondary pack with up to 90% paper content, functional coating, heat-sealability and recyclability—applied in a single-pass flexographic process for industrial-scale production.
