Kemi board mill

Metsä Board Kemi mill is the world's leading manufacturer of premium white-top kraftliners. Our products are used as surface liners in consumer, retail and shelf-ready corrugated packaging for branded products, such as household appliances and electronics, beverages, food, fruit and vegetables.
  • 1971

    Established

  • 150

    Number of employees

  • 465

    kt/a

    Capacity

The mill is located on the shores of the Bothnian Sea, in the Kemijoki delta. The pulp and energy required by the mill is supplied by Metsä Fibre's bioproduct mill on the same site. The strong synergies of the integrate will support the development of the mill also in the future. The development programme, completed in 2023, will increase the annual production capacity of Kemi corrugated board to 465 000 tonnes and improve the water and energy efficiency of the mill.

All the wood raw material the mill uses is traceable and comes from sustainably managed Northern European forests, which are either PEFC or FSC® certified, or meet the criteria for controlled origin. The mill is committed to Metsä Board’s target of achieving completely fossil free mills and products by the end of 2030.

 

Production lines

​Linerboard machine: Polar Queen
(trim width 6.73 m, speed 950 m / min, grammage range 125–250 g / m²) 
One slitter winder, one rewinder
Unbleached pulp production line
Mill info sheet (PDF)

Contact

Postal address
Tehdastie 94
94200 Kemi      
Finland
Tel. +358 1046 64299

Visting address
Tehdastie 94
94200 Kemi

VP
Tomi Seppä
Tel.  +358 40 717 6011
tomi.seppa[at]metsagroup.com

Communications Manager
Laura Orpana  
Tel. +358 40 722 4490  
laura.orpana[at]metsagroup.com

Driving instructions to the mill

See the mill on the map

Mill history

  1. 1874

    Karihaara sawmill start-up

  2. 1919

    Sulphite pulp mill start-up

  3. 1927

    Sulphate pulp mill start-up

  4. 1971

    Paper machine PM1 built for brown kraftliner production

    (180,000 t/a)

  5. 1986

    WTOP liner production

    (280,000 t/a)

  6. 1990

    WTOP coated liner production

    (280, 000 t/a)

  7. 1999

    Press section rebuild

    (340,000 t/a)

  8. 2005

    Coating station modernisation

    (350,000 t/a)

  9. 2006

    Bottom layer former start-up

    (375,000 t/a)

  10. 2011

    Second coating station start-up

    (375,000 t/a)

  11. 2023

    Development programme completed

    465,000 t/a