Consumables

Stora Enso to centralise the use of recovered fibre-based packaging in Finland at Pori

Friday 19. February 2010 - Closure of recycling plant at Varkaus and core plant at Pori planned - temporary newsprint layoff plan at Varkaus

Stora Enso is planning to centralise the use of recovered fibre-based packaging
in Finland at the Corenso Pori coreboard mill. A recycling plant investment at
the Pori coreboard mill will enable all the used packaging collected from
households in Finland to be utilised at Pori. This includes used beverage
cartons collected in Finland. Permanent closure of the recycling plant at
Varkaus at the end of the third quarter of 2010 is planned. The Ecogas
gasification plant associated with the Varkaus recycling plant will continue to
operate. The Varkaus recycling plant employs 15 people.

As a part of the restructuring, Stora Enso’s wholly-owned subsidiary Corenso
also plans to centralise core production in Finland at Loviisa and Imatra, and
permanently close down the core plant at Pori in the third quarter of 2010.
Demand for cores has drastically decreased in Finland in recent years due to
paper machine shutdowns and production curtailments. The Pori core plant employs
15 people.

“Recycling recovered fibre-based packaging at the same site as a board machine
using the material is logistically efficient and reduces costs significantly.
The plan to centralise core production at Loviisa and Imatra would also yield
significant cost savings and improve Corenso’s operating conditions in difficult
and uncertain markets,” says Sampo Antti, head of the Corenso business unit,
explaining the plans.

There are no major financial provisions related to these measures.

Varkaus newsprint production curtailed until further notice
Stora Enso plans to curtail newsprint production on Varkaus paper machine 2 (PM
2) with temporary lay-offs until further notice due to weak market conditions.
As a part of the plan, newsprint production at Varkaus would be concentrated on
PM 4, improving its operating rates. The total number of employees affected by
the co-determination negotiations concerning temporary lay-offs is around 90.

The plans are subject to co-determination negotiations with the employee
representatives. Any decision on closures and other measures will be taken later
when the co-determination negotiations concerning the units have been undertaken
and concluded as required.