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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Paper And Paper Products 17.22 - Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2012
Description
On 2 December 2011, the Finnish maker of hygienic paper products Metsä Tissue announced plans to close down the production, converting and supply chain operation at the unit in Konstancin-Jeziorna (near Warsaw). The company is to implement the restructuring plan by the end of April 2012. Up to 140 workers will lose their jobs.
Lars Warvne, Senior Vice President Technology & Operations at Metsä Tissue, said the decision results from outdated infrastructure and declared that the company will develop the unit in Krapkowice.
Metsa Tissue has two factories in Poland, in Konstancin-Jeziorna and in Krapkowice (near Opole).
Sources
2 December 2011: Portal Spożywczy ()
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Metsä Tissue, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 73343, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73343.
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