Atria Oyj

Regulatory Filings • Jan 12, 2012

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Atria Oyj - Company Announcement

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 DISTRIBUTION: Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd Major media www.atriagroup.com