Metsä Fibre Oy, Finland, this past week signed a letter of intent for the detailed engineering of its planned Äänekoski, Finland, bioproduct mill with Sweco Industry Oy and Sweco Rakennetekniikka Oy of Finland. Final delivery contracts will be signed if Metsä Fibre decides to build the mill. If the prerequisites for the investment are met, the decision on the construction of the bioproduct mill will be made this spring. 

According to the letter of intent, Sweco Industry Oy and Sweco Rakennetekniikka Oy will be responsible for layout, mechanical, and piping engineering as well as civil engineering. In the project, Neste Jacobs Oy of Finland will be the partner for Sweco. The detailed engineering work will have an employment impact of about 200 person years of which 100% will be of Finnish origin.