UPM has transferred its Shotton paper mill site to Eren Paper Ltd, newsprint production has ended
30 Setembro 2021 - 8:15AM
UPM has transferred its Shotton paper mill site to Eren Paper Ltd,
newsprint production has ended
(UPM, Helsinki, 30 September 2021, 14:15 EEST) - UPM has
permanently closed paper production at its Shotton newsprint mill
site in North Wales, United Kingdom. The site and all related
assets will now be transferred to Eren Paper Ltd, a subsidiary of
Modern Karton Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş., the containerboard and
corrugated packaging business of the Turkish industrial
conglomerate Eren Holding (“Eren”), thereby closing the transaction
announced in May 2021. Eren will now start working on the
conversion of the site.
The Renewable Energy Generation plant, the Material Recovery and
the Recycling Facility (MRRF) will continue operations throughout
the conversion process, as communicated by Eren, corresponding to
their role in the regional utility infrastructure.
UPM Shotton was founded in 1983 and has been producing newsprint
paper. Production capacity during the last years was 260,000 tonnes
annually. The paper mill currently employs 183 people directly and
an additional 231 in the site’s Material Recovery and the Recycling
Facility and other service operations.UPM Communication Papers will
remain committed to the UK and continue supplying customers with
the full portfolio of newsprint, magazine and fine paper grades.
UPM will also continue its sourcing recycled paper from the UK.
“The closing of the newsprint paper production at UPM Shotton
ends a very successful chapter of UPM Communication Papers’ history
in the United Kingdom. I want to thank our colleagues at the site
for their committed and professional work over the past decades.
The strong support by the local authorities has been critical for
the success of Shotton as was the loyalty of our customers” says
Winfried Schaur, Executive Vice President UPM
Communication Papers.
“I am therefore very happy that the upcoming transformation of
the mill will provide a very positive long-term perspective for the
people at Shotton and for the region as such. The transparent and
reliable collaboration with Eren over the past months is a very
solid foundation for this future development. It is important to
highlight, that UPM Communication Papers will remain firmly rooted
as a paper supplier in the United Kingdom going forward” Schaur
continues.
For further information please contact:UPM
Communication Papers, Stakeholder Relations, tel. +49 821 3109 225,
paperinfo@upm.com
UPM, Media RelationsMon-Fri 9:00-16:00 EETtel.
+358 40 588 3284media@upm.com
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