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March 23, 2024

Strikes stop Metsä Group’s sawmills and factories

Metsä Group has informed about new unit shutdowns. Production will stop due to strikes at the sawmills in Rauma, Vilppula, Rengo and Lappeenranta on Friday (March 22). The factories in Simpele, Kyro, Tako and Äänekoski will stop on Monday 25.3. Factories and sawmills can be restarted once wood transport and product transport by rail start again, Metsä Group says. Previously, the company had already stopped the factories in Kemi and Joutseno. The strikes will continue next week as well The political strikes will continue for another week, SAK chairman Jarkko Eloranta told a press conference today ...

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