Materials and services we buy

What we buy?

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  Raw materials and packaging

  

  Raw materials and packaging

  Fibers (Pulp and recoveder paper) 

  Hardwood pulp, softwood pulp, BCTMP, mixed office waste and other higher grades, old newsprint, old corrugated containerboard. 

  Basic chemicals

  Caustic soda, sodium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide, sulphuric and magnesium chemicals, acids, industrial gases, lime. 

  Process chemicals

  Sizing & retention chemicals, OBA, dyes & inks, other process chemicals. 

  Coatings, binders and pigments 

  Carbonates, clay, talcum, plastic pigments, starch, latex, PVA, stearates and hardeners, CMC, synthetic thickeners, binder additives, barrier coating agents. 

  Packaging materials

  Printed and unprinted PE film and hoods, shrink and stretch film, corrugated boxes, roll packaging, card board boxes, core board, cores, pallets, labels and bale wire. 

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  Material and service sourcing

  

  Material and service sourcing

  Maintenance operations

  Electrical, automation equipment and services; mechanical equipment and services, incl. distributor materials; process machines, spare parts and services; outsourced maintenance services.

  Production operations and services

  Facility and infrastructural services; operational services and vehicles, incl. internal material handling and subcontracting; production consumables, and engineering and consulting.

  Energy

  Electricity, gas (NG, LNG, LPG), other fuels (fuel oil, coal, peat).

  Investments

  Goods and services needed in investment operations.

  Administrative services

  Travel services, company cars, insurances, professional services (e.g. legal, tax and financial consultancy), office supplies & equipments and business intelligence services (e.g. market information).

  ICT

  Services such as IT infrastructure, hardware and hosting, telecommunications, application and local support, ICT consultancy and project deliveries, software licenses.

  Marketing and communications

  Services related, e.g. to the company brand development, magazines and other publications, digital communications, media monitoring and translation.

  HR

  Services related to recruitment, performance management, compensation and benefits, training and development and well-being at work.

  Trading

  Trading supplies - products that complement Metsä Group’s product offering to customers but are not produced by Metsä.

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  Logistics

  

  Logistics

  Maritime

  Import of wood and export of finished products by sea.

  Road and rail 

  Roundwood ja wood chip deliveries to our production sites. Finished goods road and rail deliveries from production sites to L-ports and terminals, onward deliveries from D-ports, direct customer deliveries including FLT, LTL and distribution.

  Ports and warehouses

  Port, terminal and warehousing services as well as related transportation and other logistics services.

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