Holmen
has finalized discussions with employee representatives regarding job cuts at
its Braviken mill in Norrköping in Sweden, linked to the closure of the mill's
PM 51. As a result, 168 jobs will be lost, instead of the 180 envisaged when
the shutdown was announced in March.
The
firm did not comment on how many of the 168 positions to be cut will be
white-collar and blue-collar jobs. Holmen plans to close the 200,000 tonne/yr
newsprint machine in the third quarter, but did not offer a more exact closure
date. Holmen also plans to shut down the 140,000 tonne/yr supercalendered paper PM 3 at its Hallsta mill in Sweden during the second half of this year. This was announced in October last year and the company then thought it would lead to some 230 job cuts.
