Holmen shut down newsprint PM in Braviken
2013-03-19 Holmen Paper intends to cease production on PM 51 at Braviken Paper Mill outside Norrköping, Sweden during the third quarter of 2013.
The mill’s product mix will be improved when the proportion of
newsprint shrinks by 200 000 tonnes. At the same time, staff will be
cut by 180 persons.
- We’re forced to shut down parts of our newsprint production, says
Henrik Sjölund, head of Holmen Paper. - Falling demand, pressure on
prices, excessively high costs of raw materials and, not least, the
strong Swedish krona makes this measure inevitable. It’s extremely
regrettable that it has to affect so many of our employees.The restructuring process is a further step in the strategy of
concentrating Holmen Paper’s Swedish operations on speciality paper.