07.19.05
Swiss materials company in new hands
More tidying up in the label stock world. As reported in the last issue, financially-troubled SJP UK becomes a subsidiary of ScandStick, a Swedish manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, and was renamed ScandStick UK Ltd. SJP’s owner’s, Rutland Trust, has now sold SJP (Suisse) to Groupe Gascogne who renamed it Sopal-Panoval (it was formerly Panoval Label before becoming part of the Samuel Jones Group group a few years back).
Sopal-Panoval is located in the heart of the Swiss Alps and has 115 employees. The company uses modern plant with a production capacity of 100 million square meters (109.3 million square yards) for self-adhesive paper and film yards) for silicone-coated release papers. Its main markets are in France, Benelux, Germany and Switzerland.
Groupe Gascogne is a large manufacturer of packaging materials and protective wraps. Its flexible packaging division now comprises Sopal in France, Sopal BV in The Netherlands and now Sopal-Panoval SA. About half of its sales are derived from exports to more than 70 countries.
More tidying up in the label stock world. As reported in the last issue, financially-troubled SJP UK becomes a subsidiary of ScandStick, a Swedish manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, and was renamed ScandStick UK Ltd. SJP’s owner’s, Rutland Trust, has now sold SJP (Suisse) to Groupe Gascogne who renamed it Sopal-Panoval (it was formerly Panoval Label before becoming part of the Samuel Jones Group group a few years back).
Sopal-Panoval is located in the heart of the Swiss Alps and has 115 employees. The company uses modern plant with a production capacity of 100 million square meters (109.3 million square yards) for self-adhesive paper and film yards) for silicone-coated release papers. Its main markets are in France, Benelux, Germany and Switzerland.
Groupe Gascogne is a large manufacturer of packaging materials and protective wraps. Its flexible packaging division now comprises Sopal in France, Sopal BV in The Netherlands and now Sopal-Panoval SA. About half of its sales are derived from exports to more than 70 countries.