After adjusting production at its spruce sawmills in Finland, Metsä Wood will start statutory employee negotiations to adjust its production also at its pine sawmills in Finland.
Oversupply and price competition that have prevailed in the sawn timber market have resulted in poor price development of Finnish sawn timber.
Metsä Wood is planning to lay off all of its employees at the Merikarvia, Kyrö and Lappeenranta sawmills for a maximum period of three weeks.
The statutory employee negotiations are expected to be completed during September, and any restrictions will primarily be implemented by the end of November 2015.