May 21, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. SAICA Packaging is to make 18 jobs redundant at its box plant in Edinburgh. A total of 18 redundancies are to be made on the shop floor as a result of a downturn in sales, which the company said was "directly attributable to the current economic climate", as Packaging News informed Lesprom Network. SAICA management said in a statement that it was “hopeful" that the redundancies would be voluntary”. It added it was keen to reiterate the site's importance to all 140 employees. In February, Saica told Packaging News that it expected to reinstate a night shift at the site by the end of the 2Q. It is as yet unclear whether this is still the case. SAICA (Sociedad Anónima Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa) bought SCA's UK corrugated business for GBP100 million ($157 million) last year. SAICA Packaging UK employs more than 2 thousand people at 19 sites across the UK, and has a turnover of Euro 430 million.