UPM, Finland, says it also has been forced to close its paper mills in Finland due to the Finnish stevedores strike. The company employs some 4.300 people at its Finnish paper mills, and about 3,000 will be affected by the strikes. All paper machines at a standstill will produce a financial impact estimated to exceed EUR 3 million a day.
"In recent years our paper mills have worked hard to improve their competitiveness. This strike destroys the good results of that work," says UPM's Senior Vice President for Paper Manufacturing Arto Lampinen.
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