Fire at Metsä Board’s Gohrsmühle mill in Germany has been put out

Metsä Board Corporation Press Release 16 February 2013 at 4 pm EET

Metsä Board Corporation published on 15 February 2013 a press release concerning a fire at the reel warehouse of the Gohrsmühle mill in Germany. The fire has been put out and a fire-watch has been installed. No personal injuries occurred. The fire did not spread outside the reel warehouse.

Metsä Board produces cast coated Chromolux papers and has folding boxboard sheeting operations, launched in autumn 2012, at the Gohrsmühle mill.

The fire did not have material impacts on Chromolux production. Neither is the fire expected to have any material impact on Metsä Board’s total folding boxboard deliveries nor any material result impact for Metsä Board.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION

For further information, please contact:
Matti Mörsky, CFO, tel. +358 10 465 4913              
Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 10 465 4335