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Metsä Tissue to publish a development plan for the Polish market

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Metsä Tissue, a leading tissue paper products supplier in Europe and the
world's leading baking and cooking paper supplier, is to publish a development
plan for the Polish market. The plan aims to strengthen the company's position
in Poland, increase its production capacity and enhance its product, brand and
service offering. The company plans to optimize its capacity through the
consolidation of its Polish paper production at the company's Krapkowice mill
in southern Poland. As a result, the paper machine at the Konstancin-Jeziorna
mill will be shut down by the end of 2012 at the latest. 

Metsä Tissue employs around 430 people in Poland. The Konstancin-Jeziorna mill
site has 190 employees in total, around 40 of whom - employed mainly in paper
making - will be influenced by the relocation of paper production. Metsä Tissue
currently produces around 600,000 tonnes of tissue paper in Europe, with the
Konstancin-Jeziorna mill accounting for three per cent of this total. 

“Different scenarios for the future of the mill site are still under
development,” comments Lars Warvne, SVP, Technology and Operations.
“Considering the overall positive scenario and the planned expansion of our
operations in Poland, we feel there are good opportunities to offer relocation
to our employees after the paper machine closure in 2012,” he adds. 

The development plan includes a sizable capacity increase in the company's
Krapkowice mill as well as enhancement of logistics and warehousing operations.
The planned technical standardisation of production capacity within Central
Eastern Europe will also bring synergies and flexibility between units, further
improving the company's supply reliability. 

“The planned actions will strengthen Metsä Tissue's offering to existing and
potential customers, end-users and consumers. They will contribute to our
financial performance in Central Eastern Europe and ensure that we maintain our
reputation as a reliable long-term partner for our customers, suppliers and
employees,” says Hannu Kottonen, CEO for Metsä Tissue. “From a business
perspective, concentration on the Krapkowice site in Poland is justified.
Further investment at the Konstancin-Jeziorna mill and, moreover, in the heavy
and out-dated infrastructure required for paper making would have been
unsustainable. “The early announcement of our plan, scheduled for rollout in
2012, will enable us and our external stakeholders to prepare ourselves for the
coming changes,” Kottonen adds. 

The company's decision to discontinue paper production supports the city's own
development plans. Konstancin-Jeziorna is an elegant Warsaw suburb with
ambitions to establish a leading health resort, the only one in the Mazovia
region. 

Metsä Tissue is a leading tissue paper products supplier to households and
large-scale consumers in Europe. We are also the world's leading supplier of
baking and cooking paper products. Our main brands are Lambi, Serla, Mola,
Tento, Katrin, Fasana and SAGA. We have production in Finland, Germany, Poland,
Russia, Slovakia and Sweden and we employ some 3150 people. Our turnover is EUR
890 million. Metsä Tissue is part of the Metsäliitto Group. 


For further information, please contact:

Lars Warvne, SVP, Technology & Operations
Tel. +46 (0)501 27 50 10
Email: lars.warvne@metsatissue.com

Hannu Kottonen, CEO
Tel. +358 (0) 1046 54959
Email: hannu.kottonen@metsatissue.com

Marja-Leena Dahlskog, Communications Manager
Tel. +358 (0)1046 55149
Email: marja-leena.dahlskog@metsatissue.com





                                            

                

            

        

    

    



    

        
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