Metsä Group completes negotiations to shut down Karihaara sawmill
Metsä Wood, the wood products business area of Metsä Group, has completed the statutory negotiations to shut down the Karihaara sawmill in Finland. The negotiations began in June. Production operations at the sawmill have been interrupted since May 2009 and all members of the staff have been temporarily laid off since June 2009. The statutory negotiations apply to the entire staff of the sawmill, a total of five persons. As the result of the negotiations, Metsä Wood has decided to shut down the Karihaara sawmill and to lay off five employees by the end of July 2014. For further