Metsä Board's Kemi Mill Reaches Production Milestone with 15 Million Metric Tons of Kraftliner
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Metsä Board's Kemi mill in Finland recently reached the milestone of fifteen million metric tons of premium kraftliner on the 12th of December 2022.
The Kemi mill has been a forerunner in the product development of coated white kraftliners. Production of brown kraftliner started in 1971 and the capacity was 180,000 metric tons per year (tpy).
In 1975, the mill's bleaching plant was completed, and the production of mottled liner began soon after. Following investments, the production of white top kraftliner began in 1986.
In 1990, the degree of upgrading was further raised with the launch of coating, followed by investments made in double-coating in 2011.
From January 2023, Kemi mill's full focus will be on the development and enhancing the availability of coated white kraftliners to meet with the growing demand.
Today there are three different coated grades in the product range and, as a result of continuous process development and numerous investments over the years, the production capacity of the mill has more than doubled to 425,000 tpy. Metsä Board's current development program is a EUR 67 million investment that will increase the production capacity of the mill's coated white kraftliners by a further 40,000 metric tons and help improve the mill's sustainability performance.
"The basis for the development of the coated grades has from the very beginning been meeting the most demanding customer needs and anticipating future trends of the end user industry," said Panu Räsänen, Product Manager WKL, Metsä Board.
