Norske Skog Golbey’s PM 2 Has Ceased Production Due to COVID-19
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Norske Skog operates seven business units in five countries. Each country has imposed different measures in connection to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Norske Skog has and will adhere to the individual recommendations and measures taken by the different national authorities. Ensuring the health and safety of our employees and their families is the top priority for Norske Skog. Under the current circumstances, Norske Skog will do the utmost to maintain the continuity of business operations also including home offices and video-meetings.
So far, Norske Skog’s business units operate as normal except for Golbey, which has ceased production at PM2 due to one confirmed case of coronavirus at the PM2 line requiring a 14-day quarantine for co-workers. The length and financial consequences of this stop is currently uncertain. The Skogn mill has already given 50 employees notice of temporary layoff due to reduced operational capacity as a result of local restrictions due to the corona situation.
The challenge in the forthcoming weeks will be to secure both in- and outbound logistics of raw materials and finished goods under the current cross border transportation restrictions. For the time being, the scarce availability of recovered paper both in Austria and France may cause further business interruptions. In addition, some customers have in the last days requested accelerated delivery of orders, whereas some French printing houses have signaled temporary stops in production.
Sven Ombudstvedt, CEO of Norske Skog, comments: “Our top priority is to take care of the health and safety for our employees. Taking into consideration our complex value chain, we will do our utmost to secure raw material supply and maintain production to secure stable deliveries to our customers. We monitor the situation day-to-day and will over the coming weeks communicate closely with suppliers, customers, other stakeholders and the financial market.”
