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Atria to improve meat product production processes in Sweden

Seinäjoki, Finland, 2012-01-12 10:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atria Plc      
Company Announcement     12 January 2012 at 11:00 pm 

Atria to improve meat product production processes in Sweden

Atria Scandinavia is planning to launch an efficiency improvement programme
aimed at streamlining and automating the manufacturing of ham products and the
slicing of cold cuts. Negotiations with labour market organisations have been
initiated in order to start the planning work. 

Atria intends to invest in new production equipment at its Malmö plant. At the
same time, the manufacturing of ham products and the slicing of cold cuts will
be transferred from the Halmstad plant in southern Sweden to the Malmö plant.
Furthermore, the production processes of the Malmö plant will be improved, and
plans will be drawn up to renovate production facilities and to automate
internal logistics. 

If the Malmö efficiency improvement programme is implemented, Atria will invest
in the new production equipment at Malmö plant approximately EUR 4.7 million
according to preliminary calculations and the Halmstad plant will be shut down
after the transfer of production. The programme is expected to generate annual
cost savings of approximately EUR 1.5 million. 

For more information, please contact Mr Tomas Back, Managing Director of Atria
Scandinavia, tel. +46 70 348 0005. 

ATRIA PLC
Juha Gröhn
CEO

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