Investments in the Kemi bioproduct mill and the Rauma sawmill would strengthen Metsä Fibre’s competitiveness. A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE
MARKKU RIMPILÄINEN photos SAMI VALLIUS
In the summer of 2019, Metsä Fibre kicked off pre-engi- neering projects for two far-reaching investments. For Kemi, Metsä Fibre is planning a next-generation bioproduct mill which would have the capacity to pro- duce 1.5 million tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp a year, as well as numerous other bioproducts. If realised, the mill would be the largest wood-processing mill in the northern hemisphere. In terms of Rauma, the plan of Metsä Fibre is to build the world’s largest and most efficient and modern sin- gle-line pine sawmill, which would produce 750,000 cubic metres of sawn timber a year. The investments would strengthen Metsä Fibre’s com- petitiveness in the long run. FOREST FRACTIONS ARE USED IN A BALANCED WAY Metsä Group’s President and CEO Ilkka Hämälä stresses that Metsä Fibre should invest in a new bioproduct mill and an increase of its sawing capacity simultaneously. “There must be a balance between the use of the differ- ent fractions of the Finnish forest. Otherwise we won’t be able to make this whole thing work,” he says.
Ilkka Hämälä President and CEO of Metsä Group since 2018.
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