UPM ANNOUNCES 9 TO 12 MONTHS SHUTDOWN AT ITS MIRAMICHI MILL, WEAK US DOLLAR AND LOW US PRICES MAKE CANADIAN PRODUCTION UNPROFITABLE

UPM will close its Miramichi mill operations in August for up to one year. The
paper mill is scheduled to close late in August for 9 to 12 months. The nearby
groundwood mill will also shut down. About 600 employees will be impacted. The
shutdown has a slightly positive impact on UPM's operative result. 

The Miramichi mill has two machines, producing lightweight coated paper, with
an annual capacity of 450,000 tonnes. Despite best efforts, Miramichi has not
been able to turn its exports to the U.S. profitable. The mill is suffering
from unprecedented strength of the Canadian dollar. Also, market prices for the
coated magazine paper have been decreasing in North America. Demand for
magazine grades in North America has been stable, but globally, there continues
to be overcapacity in magazine paper, suppressing the sales price. 

In Europe, UPM has permanently ceased production of 530,000 tonnes of coated
magazine paper during 2006-2007 to reduce the structural overcapacity and
improve profitability of the business. The Voikkaa mill in Finland was
permanently closed and a production line in Jämsänkoski, Finland, was converted
to another business area. UPM also closed 150,000 tonnes of coated fine paper
capacity at its Kymi mill, Finland last year. 

"UPM's target is to improve the long-term profitability of the coated paper
business. With today's decision, UPM leaves all options open for Miramichi. We
will continue to explore solutions for Miramichi during the shutdown but
realize that there needs to be material changes in the business environment for
the mill to start up again,” said Jyrki Ovaska, President of UPM's Magazine
Papers Division. 

"The Miramichi management and employees have succeeded in steadily improving
the efficiency of the mill," said Mr. Ovaska. "Unfortunately, their efforts
could not overcome the challenges in the business environment." 

Mr. Ovaska said UPM's North American magazine paper customers will continue to
be served by the company's other coated groundwood paper mills in North America
and Europe during the Miramichi shutdown. A decision on restarting Miramichi
will be made in 2008, based on market conditions. 

For further information, please contact:
Sharon Pond, Communications Manager, UPM, North America, tel. +1 630 3862681
Jyrki Ovaska, President, Magazine Papers Division, UPM, tel. +358 204 15 0564

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Pirkko Harrela
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