About Metsä Board Oyj

Metsä Board Oyj operates as a producer of folding boxboards and white linerboards made from forest fibres in Europe. Segments The company has two segments, Paperboard and Non-core Operations. Paperboard This segment includes folding boxboard, fresh forest fibre linerboard, wallpaper base and market pulp businesses. This segment’s products are sold to boxboard printers, corrugated cartonboard manufacturers, converters, manufacturers of branded goods and wholesalers. Lightweight and pure cartonboards made of fresh forest fiber are used for packaging of foods, confectionery, cigarettes, medicines and cosmetics. This segment includes Kyro, Simpele, Tako and Äänekoski board mills in Finland; linerboard mills in Husum Sweden and Kemi Finland; and the folding boxboard mill started in Husum in the beginning of 2016. This segment also includes Kyro wallpaper base machine and high-yield pulp mills located in Joutseno and Kaskinen in Finland. Non-core Operations This segment covers the remaining standard paper business of Husum plant, which is planned to be fully discontinued by end of 2017. History The company was formerly known as M-real Oyj and changed its name to Metsä Board Oyj in 2012.