UPM-Kymmene - Company Announcement

UPM to continue temporary shutdown of a production line at its fine paper mill in Germany

UPM-Kymmene Corporation  Company Announcement     21 August 2008 at 9:30        

UPM to continue temporary shutdown of a production line at its fine paper mill  
in Germany                                                                      

UPM has decided to continue the temporary shutdown in its fine paper mill in    
Germany. The temporary shutdown of PM 2 of Nordland Papier will continue until  
the end of the year.  The curtailment will be continued due to further weakened 
fine paper demand as well as the continued overcapacity. The annual production  
capacity of PM 2 is 200,000 tonnes of fine paper.                               

In April 2008, UPM announced temporary shutdowns in its fine paper mills in     
Central Europe for one to three months to address the poor profitability of     
certain businesses.                                                             


For more information, please contact:                                           
Mr Ruud van den Berg, Senior Vice President, Sales& Marketing, Fine papers,     
tel. +358 40 5322902                                                            


UPM, Media Desk                                                                 
Tel. +358 40 5883284, communications@upm-kymmene.com                            



UPM-Kymmene Corporation                                                         
Pirkko Harrela                                              
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications                              

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