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Pulp Paper & Logistics


The next-generation bioproducts mill


softwood forests in Central Finland, is home to Northern Europe’s largest bioproducts mill. In April 2015, Metsä Group, a forest industry group focusing on tissue and cooking papers, paperboard, pulp and wood products, replaced its old pulp


Ä September/October 2018


änekoski, a town of 19,000 people surrounded by lakes and vast


mill in the town with a modern, next-generation bioproducts mill. At €1.2 billion (US$1.4bn), Metsä


Group’s investment in Äänekoski is the largest in the history of Finland’s forest industry. Having started production in 1985 the old pulp mill was approaching the end of its operating life cycle. A decision needed to be made – total


renovation of the existing mill or the construction of a new one. The decision was for a new mill, and work started in August 2015, with Valmet being chosen to supply some of the key technology islands. Metsä Group went through a


traditional tendering process for the various key technologies at the mill.


Timo Merikallio, project director


at Metsä Group, comments on the process: “We have a long history of co-operating with Valmet at our pulp mills in Finland. Valmet has been a good and innovative partner for us. Valmet stood out from the competition by offering us the best technology within our budget, so it was a natural choice to partner with them


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