Large amounts of paper are produced daily and shipped from UPM paper mills to customers around the globe. On-time delivery requires careful planning and up-to-date location data of the cargo. Mobility, Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics offer a platform for new, innovative ways of working to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

"Participating in Junction gives us an opportunity to discover new areas of development within paper supply chain and find real innovations, concepts and solutions. We are looking for ideas that offer simple functionality and high value together with outstanding user experience that improves our supply chain for both our customers and us. We want to provide the participants an opportunity to take part in building a sustainable future within an evolving, innovative business", states Linda von Schantz, Director, Business support in UPM Paper ENA.

The IoT track of Junction, hosted by UPM, is powered by IBM Bluemix. IBM Bluemix is the leading cloud-based platform for rapidly building, managing and running applications. The track is supported by experts from UPM's industrial partner Tieto and world leading IoT platform provider IBM together with UPM business representatives.

"Tieto aims to make the future more intelligent with data. With UPM's supply chain data we are hopefully creating unforeseen services together with hackers and our ecosystem for the benefit for UPM. This journey will be highly exciting!", tells Ari Järvelä, Head of Data Driven Businesses at Tieto.

Tieto has been selected to support UPM in the strategic innovation effort, with ultimate aim to create innovative digital business solutions and enhance digital experience. Tieto's strategic innovation program Tieto Experience Hub brings versatile experience of open innovation events, such as hackathons, to ensure value creation for UPM's business and customers.

The hackathon takes place in Helsinki on November 25-27. More about UPM challenge: www.upm.com/upmhack

UPM

Through the renewing of the bio and forest industries, UPM is building a sustainable future across six business areas: UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Paper Asia, UPM Paper ENA (Europe and North America) and UPM Plywood. Our products are made of renewable raw materials and are recyclable. We serve our customers worldwide. The group employs around 19,600 people and its annual sales are approximately EUR 10 billion. UPM shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. UPM - The Biofore Company - www.upm.com

UPM Paper ENA (Europe & North America) is the world's leading producer of graphic papers, offering an extensive product range for advertising and publishing as well as home and office uses. The high performing papers and service concepts of UPM add value to our customers' businesses, while actively fulfilling demanding environmental and social responsibility criteria. With headquarters in Germany, UPM Paper ENA employs approximately 9,000 people. More about UPM Paper ENA and its products at www.upmpaper.com

Tieto aims to capture the significant opportunities of the data-driven world and turn them into lifelong value for people, business and society. We aim to be customers' first choice for business renewal by combining our software and services capabilities with a strong drive for co-innovation and ecosystems. www.tieto.com

IBM is a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company that digitally transforms companies and industries. With operations in over 170 countries and innovation at the core of its strategy, IBM delivers by industry cognitive, cloud, big data and analytics, mobile, social business and security solutions. www.ibm.com