Fire at the Norske Skog Saugbrugs mill in Norway halts production
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
On the morning of 2 February, fire caused damage to part of the thermo-
mechanical pulp plant which supplies the paper machines with fibre at Norske
Skog Saugbrugs mill. Although the fire was quickly brought under control, it
caused significant damage to the electrical cabling. No employee was injured as
a result of the incident.
All production facilities of the mill have been stopped due to the fire. Norske
Skog Saugbrugs has an annual production of 550 000 tonnes of super calandered
magazine paper and employs 600 people. Property damages and business
interruption are covered by insurance where Norske Skog's self retention is NOK
15 million.
- We are satisfied with the immediate and correct response to the fire from our
own employees and the support from the community emergency response services. We
are pleased that no one was injured in connection with the fire. We will do our
utmost to re-establish normal production at Saugbrugs as soon as possible, says
Norske Skog's CEO Sven Ombudstvedt.
Based on the initial reports from the mill, Norske Skog expects operations at
Saugbrugs to be halted for some time. At present it is not possible to give more
detailed information regarding the physical status of the operations. The fire
is a force majeure event and Norske Skog has informed customers and suppliers of
Saugbrugs about the situation.
Oxenøen, 4 February 2011
Norske Skog
Corporate communication
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Media: Financial markets:
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Carsten Dybevig Jarle Langfjæran
Mob: (+47) 917 63 117 Mob: (+47) 909 78 434
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
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