Atria Oyj - Company Announcement

Atria Finland to increase efficiency of chicken production at its Sahalahti plant

Seinäjoki, Finland, 2015-09-01 13:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atria Plc,
Company Announcement, 1 September 2015 at 2:00 pm 


Atria Finland to increase efficiency of chicken production at its Sahalahti
plant 

Atria has decided to set in motion a development project in order to increase
the efficiency of Atria Finland's chicken production at its Sahalahti plant.
The project will identify overlaps in Atria's current operations and the areas
in need of improvement at the plant. Personnel negotiations regarding the
content of the development project will be initiated immediately. 

Atria estimates that by eliminating overlaps and improving productivity, it
could achieve annual savings of around EUR 1.5 million, which would materialise
by the end of the first quarter of 2016. This would mean a reduction of about
25 man-years. 

In February 2014, Atria acquired Saarioinen's procurement, slaughtering and
cutting operations for beef, pork and chicken. The development measures concern
chicken production at the Sahalahti plant in Kangasala. 

For further information, please contact Mika Ala-Fossi, Managing Director,
Atria Finland, tel. +358 40 8310342. 


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Juha Gröhn
CEO


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