Jun 24, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Metso’s Fabrics business line has concluded employee negotiations concerning all personnel groups in their Finnish units. The negotiations were conducted at Metso Fabrics Inc. (former Tamfelt Corp.) and Tamfelt PMC Corp. The negotiations did not apply to office staff and shop floor workers in the production departments, the company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. In the negotiation proposal given in May 2010 the estimated need for personnel reduction was maximum 30 people. In the negotiations, the number of lay-offs was determined at 18. All those to be laid off are office staff. 10 of them will enter a retirement process. One person will start part-time work. In the negotiations it was also decided that there is no need for temporary lay-offs within the personnel groups included in these negotiations. Fabrics business line is part of Metso’s Paper and Fiber Technology segment and it employs about 900 people in Finland.