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UPM Closes 130,000 Tons of Newsprint Capacity in France

European newsprint market continues to decline.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

UPM permanently closed paper machine No. 3 at UPM Chapelle Darblay in France as of June 22, 2015. The consultations regarding its closure were finalized at the end of April and approved by the Labour administration in the beginning of June. The plan to close the machine was announced in November 2014. The closure has an impact on 187 positions at the mill.   UPM Chapelle Darblay will continue paper production on the remaining paper machine No. 6 producing standard newsprint and improved grades...

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