Metsä Fibre and ABB signed preliminary agreement on electrification technology to Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland – the degree of Finnish content will be high
Metsä Fibre press release 14.5.2020Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, signed a preliminary agreement with ABB to supply electricity systems to the bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. The degree of Finnish origin for the delivery is high, more than 60%. It is estimated that for the entire Metsä Fibre bioproduct mill project the domestic content will be approximately 70%. The delivery that has been agreed between ABB and Metsä Fibre includes a significant amount of electrification and drives technology that is developed and manufactured in Finland at ABB’s facilities in Vaasa and Helsinki.