SSAB starts negotiations in Raahe

Due to continued weak demand for the company's products, the company wants to reduce fixed costs by at least EUR 10 million per year. These measures will make the organisation more flexible and easier to change in the future.

”The aim is to work together to find solutions to increase flexibility, mobility and multi-skills so that our operations respond more flexibly than at present to future needs,” says Jarkko Matkala, SSAB Raahe Site Manager at SSAB Europe.

The change negotiations affect around 2,400 employees. If an agreement on adjustments to the organisation is not reached, redundancies may be necessary. The negotiations are expected to last six weeks. SSAB has approximately 4,700 employees in Finland.

Lennart Håkansson

editor@northswedenbusiness.com