Metsä Group’s sawmills in Finland to be integrated into Metsä Fibre on 1 November 2016
Metsä Group Stock exchange release 3 October 2016 at 2 pm EESTOn 29 June 2016, Metsä Group announced its plan to integrate its sawmills in Finland into the Group’s Pulp Industry Metsä Fibre through a group internal transaction. The transfer will take place on 1 November 2016. Jani Riissanen has been appointed SVP Sawmill business and a member of Metsä Fibre’s Management Group as of 1 November 2016.The sawmills included in the transaction are Vilppula, Lappeenranta, Renko, Merikarvia, Kyrö and Eskola. These sawmills were previously part of the Group’s Wood Products Industry Metsä Wood.