UPM permanently closes its Chapelle newsprint mill
(UPM, Helsinki, 16.07.2020 at 11:00 EET) – UPM will permanently cease production at its Chapelle newsprint mill in Grand-Couronne, France today. The consultation process with employee representatives was completed on June 15[th], 2020 according to French legislation and approved by French authorities on July 15[th], 2020. The closure impacts 228 people. UPM offers support to employees in order to alleviate the effects caused by staff reductions in relation to the closing of the mill. With the closure of the mill UPM will reduce a total of 240.000 tonnes of its newsprint paper