Atria Oyj - Company Announcement

Atria Finland to boost beef and pork production efficiency at the Jyväskylä plant

Seinäjoki, Finland, 2014-04-24 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atria Plc Company
Announcement 24 April 2014, 9.00 am 

Atria will increase the efficiency of beef and pork procurement and processing
at its Jyväskylä plant to improve profitability and productivity. Overlapping
functions in meat procurement and administration, which result from the deal
concluded between Atria and Saarioinen Oy, will be eliminated. In future, the
Jyväskylä plant will focus on bovine and pig slaughtering and cutting. The
slaughtering and cutting operations will also be greatly streamlined. 

Atria estimates that the restructuring and efficiency improvements will
generate annual cost savings of approximately EUR 5 million, to be realised
from the beginning of 2015. This will mean the reduction of 59 person-years. 

Employer-employee negotiations concerning the reorganisation plans have been
completed. All employees to be laid off from the Jyväskylä plant will be
offered the opportunity to transfer to other Atria units. 

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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