The new folding boxboard machine at Husum mill
In April, Metsä Board had its new folding boxboard machine at Husum mill, in Sweden, inaugurated by the Swedish minister for enterprise and innovation.
After considerable structural changes, Husum mill is now an integrated site concentrating on paperboard and pulp manufacturing. The €170 million investment programme includes a folding boxboard machine BM1 supplied by Valmet as well as enhancements to the pulp mill and the mill site’s own port. The capacity of the new machine is 400,000 tonnes per annum. The company is targeting the volume at the Americas and at food service end-users globally.
‘The Husum mill site has the best available technology, people with extensive know-how and access to an ideal location by the sea where the mill has its own port. These important success factors will also support our customers in their businesses,’ said Mika Joukio, CEO.
Last November, the company announced an additional €38 million investment in a new extrusion coating line and related infrastructure at Husum. This line will be taken into use during the first half of 2017. With this investment the company will be able to further improve its offering to food and food service end-users.
