Finnish drug maker Orion was the first company affected by a series of stoppages by managerial staff in the country's chemical industry that began on Tuesday.

Over the next couple of weeks about 7,500 managerial staff working in the country's top 20 chemical companies are to take part in the strikes.

Pay and conditions talks between the Federation of Professional and Managerial Staff (YTN) and the Chemical Industry Federation broke down late on Monday.

STT