UPM Raflatac updates Raflink Business Line to provide customers with powerful eBusiness functionality

(UPM Raflatac, Fletcher, NC, August 29, 2006) -- UPM Raflatac, a world-leading supplier of pressure sensitive labelstock and RFID tags and inlays, is launching robust ordering and claim tracking self-service tools with the latest update of its eBusiness platform, the Raflink Business Line. 

North American customers will be able to use the Raflink Business Line to research UPM Raflatac’s standard and trimless labelstock products, order products online, track shipments door-to-door, access and analyze their purchasing history, monitor claims and credit adjustments and manage their accounts. Rich data, product catalogs, search tools and self-service functionality will help customers optimize product ordering and usage, thus streamlining just-in-time manufacturing processes.

The Raflink Business Line launch demonstrates UPM Raflatac’s ongoing commitment to provide customers with a best-in-class service experience. Available online at www.upmraflatac.com, the Raflink Business Line is available as a free service to UPM Raflatac’s North American customers.

For further information, please contact:

Chris Mann, Commercial Systems Manager, UPM Raflatac, Inc., 1-828-651-4855

UPM Raflatac in brief

UPM Raflatac is a world-leading supplier of pressure sensitive labelstock for a wide variety of needs in product and information labeling. In addition, the company is at the global forefront in the development and high-volume production of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and inlays. UPM Raflatac has around 2,300 employees and annual sales of approximately EUR 860 million in 2005. The company has a global service network consisting of 11 factories on five continents and a broad network of terminals and sales offices worldwide. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM. Further information is available at www.upmraflatac.com.