Suominen Jan-Sept sales decline 2%

With the renewal of our corporate structure, our organization, our management system, and our operating model from 1 January 2014, we will be creating new prerequisites for quicker execution of our strategy than before. With these renewals, Suominen will become an even more focused and agile company. Our ability to create new business and develop products with increased added value will also be strengthened. In this way, we will accelerate both our own and our customers’ business and can improve Suominen’s profitability.

Suominen’s current Nonwovens business unit will be divided into two new business areas as of 1 January 2014. The Convenience business area will focus on serving customers that manufacture wiping products and travel and catering products.

"The Care business area will serve customers that manufacture healthcare and hygiene products. The strategy of the Flexibles has also been sharpened and its operations have been reorganized in order to improve and bolster customer service. In the future, Flexibles will concentrate on four businesses: bread packaging, tissue wrapping, retail carrier bags and special products.

The strategic development programs in the nonwovens business which were started earlier this year continued in the third quarter as planned. The objectives of the programs are to harmonize and boost the efficiency of our supply chain processes and to further improve our product development.”

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