{"id":11199,"date":"2022-02-10T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smithcorona.com\/blog\/?p=11199"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:09:38","slug":"the-upm-paper-mill-strike-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smithcorona.com\/blog\/the-upm-paper-mill-strike-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"The UPM Paper Mill Strike: Why It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>supply chain issues<\/span><\/a> have been a continuous tightrope walk for the last 2 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Supply shortages, fulfillment delays, ever-extending lead times, price increases – you name it, we\u2019ve been teetering on the edge with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While inconvenient and limiting, the situation wasn\u2019t the absolute worst it could be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Until now.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With suppliers unable to catch up from the previous year\u2019s issues, the last thing the self-adhesive label industry needed was yet another chaotic event to tip the scales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the case of the recent paper mill strikes happening in Finland, the scales may go from tipped to broken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article contains the details of the paper mill strikes and how they can gravely affect the current supply chain climate. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>