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(01/07/2013 / sha)
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UPM: Coated magazine paper production ceased at Stracel mill
UPM has finalized the employee information and consultation process with the Central Workers’ Council of UPM France and the Workers’ Council of the Stracel mill, started last July. The mill ceased production of coated magazine paper on January 4, 2013.
The current customers of the UPM Stracel will be served from other UPM mills. UPM Stracel mill has been producing 270 000 t of coated magazine paper grades. The mill has 250 employees.
As the next step, UPM will continue the negotiations of the sale of assets and part of the land of the Stracel mill to the joint venture created by VPK Packaging Group and Klingele Papierwerke.
“The project of VPK and Klingele to convert the mill into a recycled fibre based containerboard mill is serious and provides an option to create a new industrial future for the Stracel site and for a number of its employees. The aim is to conclude these negotiations as soon as possible,” says Jyrki Ovaska, president of UPM Paper Business Group.
