Oct 28, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. In the statutory labour negotiations that ended on 26 October 2011, Metsäliitto has decided to continue the production curtailment measures, if required, at all its operational sawmills. The production of single sawmills may be limited through temporary layoffs for some weeks by the end of March 2012, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “We actively follow the developments in the order volume, end product markets and market demand and evaluate the need for temporary layoffs jointly with personnel,” says Timo Karinen, Group Executive Vice President, Metsäliitto Wood Products Industry. The negotiations covered a total of about 450 employees at six sawmills. If required, layoffs with a maximum duration of 45 days will be implemented by the end of March 2012. Metsäliitto has sawmills in Finland in Kannus, Lappeenranta, Merikarvia, Pöytyä, Renko and Vilppula and in Reopalu, Estonia. Operations at the Karihaara sawmill in Kemi have previously been suspended until further notice. Their combined capacity is about 1.8 million cubic metres of spruce and pines sawn timber.