UPM cuts up to 170 jobs in Europe
As a result of the weakening world economic outlook as well as the COVID-19 related [...]
October 12, 2020
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UPM builds a wood processing plant in Germany
Construction of a timber processing plant in Leuna, Germany, will start before the end of the third quarter of 2020 [...]
September 14, 2020
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Closure of UPM’s paper mill shifts focus on condition of Finland’s forestry sector
The operating conditions of the forest industry in Finland came into focus on Thursday as Finnish forestry giant UPM elaborated [...]
September 7, 2020
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UPM profit falls sharply in Q2/2020
Finnish forestry giant UPM reported a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterly profits, saying lockdowns hit paper demand and prices [...]
August 13, 2020
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UPM to close plywood mill in Finland
UPM Plywood is planning to permanently close its Jyväskylä plywood mill in Finland, which is [...]
June 15, 2020
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Finnish forestry giants prepared to face the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the early part of the year was still reasonably good for large Finnish forestry companies.   [...]
June 1, 2020
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Stora Enso, UPM and SCA not yet impacted by the coronavirus pandemic
Forestry giants in Northern Europe, Stora Enso, UPM and SCA, haven't been affected yet by the coronavirus crisis that [...]
May 11, 2020
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UPM invests more than 500 million euros into a biorefinery in Germany
UPM plans to enter the biochemicals business by investing in a biorefinery at Leuna, Germany. The [...]
February 17, 2020
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UPM could close Chapelle mill in France
In September 2019, UPM announced plans to sell its Chapelle newsprint mill in Grand-Couronne, France.   [...]
February 10, 2020
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Metsä Group, Stora Enso, and UPM plan 6-day lock-out at sawmills, plywood mills in Finland
Finnish Forest Industries Federation said on Wednesday it would hold a 6-day lock-out from Dec. 12, closing half [...]
December 11, 2019
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