{"id":97444,"date":"2024-11-20T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T09:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=97444"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T08:02:30","slug":"investment-in-production-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/investition-in-produktionseffizienz\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment in production efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mets\u00e4 Board is planning major investments in its mill in Simpele, Finland, to increase production efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. The modernisation includes new technologies and is part of the strategy to achieve fossil-free production by 2030.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Finnish company <a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?s=mets\u00e4+board\">Mets\u00e4 Board<\/a> has announced a comprehensive modernisation of its plant in Simpele. With an investment volume of around 60 million euros, the plant is to be modernised by the end of 2025. <strong>Product quality and sustainability of cartonboard production improved<\/strong> will be realised. The measures include the modernisation of the pre-drying process and the installation of a state-of-the-art coating system. These are intended to improve the print quality and visual consistency of the Mets\u00e4Board Classic cartonboard and to achieve a <strong>Enabling the switch to fossil-free production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Markku Leskel\u00e4, Senior Vice President of Development at Mets\u00e4 Board, explained that the modernisation represents an important milestone in achieving the goal of fossil-free production by 2030. At the same time, the plant will maintain its leading position in the areas of <strong>Food and healthcare packaging<\/strong> expand further.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-2141752640\"><div id=\"packa-852786877\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The work on the plant, which was announced last year, is proceeding according to plan. The majority of the modernisation measures will be completed during a <strong>planned maintenance shutdown in September 2025<\/strong> implemented. To minimise interruptions, the company works closely with its customers to ensure constant product availability.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the current investments, Mets\u00e4 Board is examining further projects at the Simpele plant. These include possible <strong>Improvements in pulp production<\/strong>, and the construction of a new power plant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metsagroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mets\u00e4 Board\u00a0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Board is planning extensive investments in its plant in Simpele to increase production efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Mets\u00e4 Board plant umfangreiche Investitionen in sein Werk in Simpele, um die Produktionseffizienz zu steigern und den CO\u2082-Fu\u00dfabdruck zu senken.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"investition,mets\u00e4 board","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[43,58699,1487],"class_list":{"0":"post-97444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aus-den-unternehmen-news","8":"tag-aus-den-unternehmen","9":"tag-metsae-board","10":"tag-papier-pappe-karton","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}