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Holmen forced to close Braviken Paper Mill

Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Holmen Paper intends to cease production on PM 51 at Braviken Paper Mill outside Norrköping, Sweden during the third quarter of 2013.

According to a press release from the company, 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.

Following the restructuring programme, Braviken Paper Mill is estimated to have 360 employees and two paper machines with an annual capacity of just under 600 000 tonnes of printing paper.

“We’re forced to shut down parts of our newsprint production,” says Henrik Sjölund, head of Holmen Paper in the press release. “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.
“This spring, we’ll be introducing book paper from Braviken while further refining the speciality products that are already being produced today,” says Henrik Sjölund. “The measures are part of our change strategy in which we’re developing unique speciality paper that makes the production processes of our customers more cost efficient.”
by Scancomark.com Team

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