Metsä Tissue, part of the Metsä Group, commenced an operational review of its mill operations on 1 February 2019. Jari Tiura, SVP, Operations, is responsible for the operational review.
 

As part of the operational review, Metsä Tissue will be developing a concept for the future tissue paper mill in cooperation with equipment and automation system suppliers. The concept’s development will include a review of all the operational processes of a tissue paper mill: raw materials, production, converting as well as dispatch and warehouse operations.
 

The review aims to find out whether a new concept could significantly improve product quality, the efficiency of production and the use of resources. In creating the concept, the possibility to build fully fossil free mill will be studied. Also, automation potential in the entire process will be reviewed together with the current status of mill systems and a development roadmap will be defined.    

As a part of its operational review, Metsä Tissue launched a program aiming at saving EUR 25 million in annual fixed costs. Related to this, Metsä Tissue starts co-determination negotiations in order to improve internal efficiency, focus and reduce complexity in Tissue Business. Planned restructuring can lead to organizational changes, such as job changes and redundancies. 
 

Co-determination negotiations in Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance and HR organizations will commence in February 2019 in compliance with labour-laws in each country. Estimated reduction is approximately 90 in total, where highest savings target is planned to be in consumer business in Central Europe and CEE. Program will be finalized during the second half of 2019

Greaseproof Papers and Operations are not included in the above-mentioned co-determination negotiations. Review of the mill operations has commenced on 1.2.2019 and the progress will be communicated separately. Also, this review is part of the EUR 25 million fixed costs saving program.