Metsä Wood has signed a letter of intent for maintenance partnership with Quant. The agreement covers Punkaharju plywood and Kerto mills, Suolahti plywood mills and the planned veneer mill in Äänekoski, Finland, and plywood mill in Estonia. The agreement is expected to come into force in March. The maintenance operations at Lohja mill have been transferred to a partner already previously.
The maintenance business will be transferred to Quant in stages. In preliminary plan, the maintenance in Punkaharju is transferred at April 1st, Suolahti in the fall 2017, and Estonia and Äänekoski in connection with their production start-up.
According to the plan, all Metsä Wood's staff in maintenance, about 70 people, will continue at Quant as existing employees. The letter of intent does not apply to the operating personnel at Punkaharju power plant.
Quant is a global market leader in industrial maintenance.
