Despite the recession, Metsä Group's sawmills work day and night. "Demand has been low, but we can see a slight pick-up", Virva Juhola , production director of Metsä Fibre's saw business , describes the market situation. Metsä Group's five sawmills belong to the group's subsidiary Metsä Fibre. The root causes of weak demand are especially the downturn in construction in Europe, the general situation of the world economy, and the volatility of currency regulation in North African countries. Production is limited everywhere. "Now customer inventories are already low and some products are starting to ...