Metsä Tissue, Finland, Metsä Group’s tissue and cooking paper business, reports that it will begin personnel reductions at its Finnish units. The reductions will involve white-collar personnel, excluding frontline sales teams. Some 150 employees will be involved in the process and the maximum headcount reduction is not expected to exceed 40. Metsä Tissue’s Finnish offices are based in Espoo and Mänttä.
"Increasing competition and continuous tightening of EU regulation pose additional challenges for Metsä Tissue. Additionally, the Finnish government’s stricter national adaptation of EU directives concerning areas such as waste taxation and landfill regulations is a major threat to our competitiveness. By restructuring and reorganizing our operations, we aim to secure our future competitiveness in the growing tissue and cooking paper market," said Metsä Tissue’s CEO Mika Joukio.
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