UPM
has permanently stopped production on the 175,000 tonne/yr supercalendered (SC)
paper unit PM 4 at its Ettringen mill in southern Germany. The machine was shut
down on April 30.
In
early April, UPM announced that it would stop PM 4 as well as the 245,000
tonne/yr SC unit PM 3 at its Rauma mill in Finland, by the end of April instead
of the end of June, as originally announced in January. The Rauma machine was closed on April 19.
The
closure at the Ettringen mill will lead to 150 jobs being cut. After the
shutdown, the mill will still operate the 280,000 tonne/yr newsprint and SC
paper PM 5.
