Holmen shut down newsprint PM in Braviken

The mill’s product mix will be improved when the proportion of

newsprint shrinks by 200 000 tonnes. At the same time, staff will be

cut by 180 persons.

- We’re forced to shut down parts of our newsprint production, says

Henrik Sjölund, head of Holmen Paper. - Falling demand, pressure on

prices, excessively high costs of raw materials and, not least, the

strong Swedish krona makes this measure inevitable. It’s extremely

regrettable that it has to affect so many of our employees.The restructuring process is a further step in the strategy of

concentrating Holmen Paper’s Swedish operations on speciality paper.