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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 09:33

UPM Kymi pulp mill hit by strike

upmlogoPaper workers at the UPM Kymi paper and pulp mill in Finland started a strike today at 6 am. The reason for the strike is a dispute concerning the amount of lay offs announced at the mill last Friday. The strike has been announced to last until 3 May 2010 but the parties will continue negotiations. Estimated daily production and sales loss for paper is approximately 2,400 tonnes and for pulp approximately 1,600 tonnes.

The UPM Kymi pulp and paper mills annually manufacture 850,000 tonnes of coated and uncoated fine papers and 540,000 tonnes of chemical pulp. The Kymi mill integrate employs about 700 people.

For more information, please contact:
Mr Timo Suutarla, General Manager, UPM, Kymi, tel. +358 40 186 5995

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Friday, 16 April 2010 09:59

Södra hit by a strike

Södra is hit by a strike that broke out this morning at 6.00 a.m. Because of the strike we had to stop the pulp mill Södra Cell Värö. The strike hits a number of different mills in Swedish forest industry sector and Södra Cell Värö is one of those.

We are going to have a dialogue with every singular customer on how to deal with this situation. For now it's impossible to know the direct effects caused by the strike.

For further information, please contact:
Ulf Edman, President of Södra Cell International, +46 70 677 8769
Per Braconier, Director of Corporate Communications, Södra, +46 70 534 5166

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Thursday, 15 April 2010 11:03

Skärblacka paper mill faces production shutdown

If the members of the Swedish Paper Workers Union decide to carry out their notice of total stoppage of work at Billerud's paper mill in Skärblacka at 06.00 CET tomorrow, 16 April, production at Skärblacka will come to a complete standstill.

The loss of production is expected to affect Billerud's earnings by approximately SEK 3 million per day, and will lead to one-time costs of approximately SEK 2.5 million for firing up and closing down the soda recovery boiler. These costs are exclusive of any compensation that may be received from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise's strike fund (Sw. konfliktfond).

"It is extremely unfortunate if the Paper Workers Union decides to close down this mill which is very important for Billerud and for our customers. This action will be detrimental for our key customers as well as for employmentopportunities at the mill," says Billerud's President and CEO, Per Lindberg.

For further information, please contact:
Per Lindberg, President and CEO, +46 8 553 335 01 or +46 702 48 15 17
Bertil Carlsén, CFO, +46 8 553 335 07, +46 73 021 10 92

The information is such that Billerud is obligated to publish under the Swedish Securities Market Act. Submitted for publication at 10.50 a.m. on 15 April 2010.

Billerud's business concept is to offer demanding customers packaging materials and solutions that promote and protect their products - packaging that is attractive, strong and based on renewable materials. Billerud has a world-leading position within several product segments including paper for consumer packaging and industrial applications. Production takes place at three integrated pulp and paper mills in Sweden and at one paper mill in the UK.

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Stevedores' strike at Finnish ports ended on Friday 19 March.

Strike, which lasted 16 days, affected to Stora Enso’s Finnish mills by closing 6 paper machines and 2 sheeting plants. Almost all closed production has now started again but it will still take weeks to normalize all operations in mills and especially in harbours.

Stora Enso’s website follows the situation and gives update information when needed.

For further information, please contact:

Media: Päivi Kauhanen, Director, Communications Finland, tel. +358 2046 21292
Investors: Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242

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storaensoStora Enso expects to begin temporarily shutting down its Finnish mills in the near future due to the strike by the stevedores at Finnish ports.

The impact of the strike on Stora Enso's financial results is estimated to be approximately EUR 2.5 million per day.

"The impact of the strike will be wide and indefinite. The strike will severely tarnish the reputation of the Finnish forest products industry and its whole value chain," says Juha Vanhainen, Stora Enso Country Manager Finland.

For further information, please contact:
Juha Vanhainen, Country Manager Finland, tel. +358 2046 21343
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242
Lauri Peltola, Head of Communications, tel. +358 2046 21380
Päivi Kauhanen, Director, Communications Finland, tel. +358 2046 21292

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