In spring 2025, UPM announced plans to permanently close its paper mill in Ettringen, Germany. The respective employee consultation process has been completed now. The closing impacts 189 employees.
Following the closure, UPM’s uncoated mechanical paper production capacity will be reduced by 270.000 tonnes annually. Graphic paper production in Ettringen will be discontinued on December 31, 2025. To ensure safe conditions at the mill following the closure, an after-care team will be installed.
“The negotiations were conducted within the framework of arbitration proceedings, which, as a neutral authority, supported to facilitate constructive dialogue between the employee representatives and the company. We focused on finding socially acceptable solutions for the employees affected, with the clear intention of mitigating the impact of this closure. Consequently, we will implement market-oriented severances and pension-related measures and establish a transfer company,” says Eva Kriegbaum, General Manager, UPM Paper Mills in Germany.