Stora Enso said it will begin change negotiations next week at its Varkaus operations in Finland, citing weak market conditions.<\/p>\n
The talks will cover the entire workforce of more than 400 employees at the integrated mill site. The company said plans include temporary layoffs of up to three months, which may also be implemented in shorter periods.<\/p>\n
In addition, restructuring measures could result in as many as 23 redundancies. The negotiations affect senior staff, employees, and workers across the wood products and packaging units.<\/p>\n
Stora Enso\u2019s Varkaus site includes a containerboard mill, sawmill and LVL (laminated veneer lumber) mill, with an annual wood consumption of about 2 million cubic metres, mainly pine and spruce sourced within a 100-kilometre radius.<\/p>\n
The mills produce pulp, sawn lumber, laminated wood elements and kraftliner, supplying the construction and packaging industries. The site employs about 420 permanent workers in operations and maintenance.<\/p>\n
The negotiations are scheduled to begin on 23 September.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4713,5204],"tags":[3543,5827,3271,3956],"class_list":["post-96956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companies-in-the-timber-industry","category-daily-news","tag-mill","tag-negotiations","tag-stora-enso","tag-varkaus","topic-lumber","topic-pulp-paper","topic-wood-products","area-europe","area-global"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n