Cham Paper Group
Cham Paper Group is a leading manufacturer of coated speciality papers. The group generates value added for its customers by providing finishing-based functional capabilities. Founded in 1657, at its three locations in Switzerland and Italy the company develops and manufactures speciality papers for use in the consumer goods, industrial release and digital imaging sectors. The consumer goods sector encompasses papers for flexible packaging and base papers for label printing in the food, non-food, tobacco, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. In terms of the industrial release sector, Cham Paper Group supplies silicone-base papers for release liners used for adhesive tapes and labels. The company also supplies base papers for process liners used in industrial casting and laminating process applications. Facestock papers for the self-adhesive industry round off the range. In addition to large-format inkjet papers for indoor and outdoor applications, the digital imaging sector also includes sublimation papers for digital textile printing. Cham Paper Group has benefited from the trend for sustainable products and is well established on the market thanks to the company’s technological innovation.
Key figures
| in CHF million, unless otherwise specified | 2012 | 2011 |
| Net revenue | 279.7 | 309.3 |
| Operating profit (EBITDA) before reorganisation | 14.7 | 11.7 |
| As a % of net revenue | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) before reorganisation | 0.7 | -8.1 |
| As a % of net revenue | 0.3 | -2.6 |
| Net income/loss (-) for the year | -1.2 | -92.1 |
| Earnings per share (in CHF) | -1.76 | -131.83 |
| Free cash flow | 8.1 | -4.2 |
| Shareholders' equity | 100.8 | 102.2 |
| As a % of total assets | 40.7 | 39.3 |
| Net dept | 18.0 | 25.9 |
| Volume (tonnes) | 187'186 | 198'978 |
| Investments in tangible and intangible assets | 6.5 | 22.1 |
| Number of employees (FTE) | 545 | 651 |