Nov 14, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Ahlstrom has announced a proposal to start a cooperation procedure at its Kauttua plant in Finland regarding temporary layoffs of personnel in its crepe paper production. The potential layoffs are targeted to adapt the production volumes of crepe paper to match the current demand and stock levels. The negotiations starting on November 21, 2008 are estimated to last for two weeks and will concern all of the production and office personnel working on paper machine 4. The current number of personnel is 21. The potential layoffs will not affect the deliveries of crepe paper to customers. Ahlstrom's crepe paper machine at the Kauttua plant is part of Ahlstrom's Technical Papers business area, which comprises eight product lines. Crepe papers is one of the product lines. In addition to Kauttua, Ahlstrom produces crepe papers in two other plants in Central Europe.