Update: Finnish Stevedores' Strike Closes UPM's Paper Mills in Finland

HELSINKI, FINLAND—March 4, 2010—UPM has been forced to close its Rauma paper mill due to the Finnish stevedores' strike which started today on 4 March 2010 at 6 am Finnish time. All of the mill's four magazine paper machines are closed. Production work at paper machines ends today affecting about 450 employees.