Atria Oyj - Company Announcement

Atria to adjust its operations at the Jyväskylä production plant

Seinäjoki, Finland, 2014-07-23 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atria Plc,
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT, 23 July 2014, at 9:00 am 



Saarioinen Oy has terminated an agreement concerning meat packing at the
Jyväskylä production plant as of 1 February 2015. As a result, Atria will
adjust the production capacity and organisation at the Jyväskylä plant to
correspond to the changes in subcontracting production of consumer-packed meat. 

Negotiations with the personnel concerning the adjustment of operations were
initiated in May, and the negotiations have now been completed. As a result of
the negotiations, 48 of the Jyväskylä plant's employees will be laid off. All
employees to be laid off from the Jyväskylä plant will be offered the
opportunity to transfer to other Atria units. 

In February 2014, Atria acquired Saarioinen's procurement, slaughtering and
cutting operations for beef, pork and chicken. The adjustment measures concern
consumer-packed meat production and packing performed by Atria for Saarioinen
Oy at the Jyväskylä production plant. 

For further information, please contact Mika Ala-Fossi, Managing Director,
Atria Finland, tel. +358 40 831 0342. 

ATRIA PLC
Juha Gröhn
CEO

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