UPM was forced to close its Rauma paper mill on 4 March. All of the mill's four magazine paper machines are closed. UPM warned that the strike would close UPM's Finnish paper mills within a week. Stora Enso expects to begin temporarily shutting down its Finnish mills in the near future.On March 5 UPM stopped three out of seven paper machines in the Jämsänkoski area. The paper production at UPM Kaukas mill was halted on March 7, and UPM has announced that it will close down PM7 at Tervasaari mill on March 11.Sappi closed its fine paper mill in Kirkniemi on March 4, and Savon Sellu stopped its fluting plant in Kuopio on March 8. today, March 9, M-real has shut down PM3 at its Kyro mill. Other paper producers will halt production as well."Production operations is transferred out of Finland due to the strike. The exports of the forest industry started to recover in the second half of 2009, but this strike will snuff out the incipient recovery. Corporate efforts to improve the competitiveness of Finnish production are likewise going to waste," said Timo Jaatinen, Director General of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. The state conciliator continues arbitration between the parties - Transport Workers' Union and the Finnish Port Operators' Association - today, March 9th at 1.00 pm local time.