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Stora Enso is selling its Sachsen newsprint mill in Germany, with the new owners planning to convert the facility to make containerboard.

HELSINKI, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest its Sachsen Mill located in Eilenburg, Germany, to the Swiss-based family-owned company Model Group. Sachsen

Stora Enso will start co-determination negotiations with employees at its Kvarnsveden Mill in Sweden and Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland regarding a plan to permanently close down pulp and paper production at both mills. The planned closures would take place during the third quarter of 2021, and affect directly 670 people in Finland and 440 people in Sweden.   Paper demand in Europe has declined for over a decade. This trend has further accelerated due to the pandemic, which has led to changes in ...

Stora Enso to cull more capacity with radical mill closure plan Jo Francis Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Stora Enso has rocked the industry by announcing plans to take out a further one million-plus tonnes of paper production – more than a third of its total paper capacity – with the closure of two mills, including its large Veitsiluoto Mill in Finland. Veitsiluoto has three paper machines. Stora Enso CEO says "approximately 15 machines of an average size nee...