UPM
has permanently closed the 245,000 tonne/yr supercalendered (SC) paper unit PM
3 at its Rauma mill in southwestern Finland. The firm stopped production on the
machine at noon on April 19, according to UPM Rauma general manager Kari
Pasanen.
Two
weeks ago, UPM announced that it would stop PM 3 as well as the 175,000
tonne/yr SC unit PM 4 at its Ettringen mill in Germany, by the end of April
instead of by the end of June, as originally announced in January.
The
closure at the Rauma mill will lead to 87 jobs being cut. After the shutdown,
the mill will still house three machines with a combined capacity of some 280,000
tonnes/yr of SC paper and 710,000 tonnes/yr of lightweight coated (LWC) paper.
