Metsä Board to modernise Simpele board mill

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has made an investment decision to renew the folding boxboard machine at Simpele, which will improve the quality of folding boxboard and increase production efficiency. The investment will enable the replacement of fossil fuels in paperboard production, and supports Metsä Board’s target of fossil free production at all its mills by the end of 2030.

The renewal will increase the mill’s production capacity by around 10,000 tonnes, which will bring the annual production capacity of Simpele folding boxboard to around 310,000 tonnes. The Simpele mill produces high quality lightweight folding boxboard, mainly for food and pharmaceutical packaging.

The investment will start immediately and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. The investment value is approximately EUR 60 million, divided over the period 2024–2026.
more at: https://www.metsagroup.com/metsaboard/news-and-publications/news/2024/metsa-board-to-modernise-simpele-board-mill/

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