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Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services was selected the best organisation in Finland in 2024

Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services, Metsä Forest, has won the 2024 Finnish Quality Award granted by the Excellence Finland. The Finnish Quality Award is based on a thorough evaluation of the organisation’s activities following the international EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) model. The prestigious award has been granted since 1991. According to the jury, values are strongly present in the organisation’s daily operations, and change is managed systematically. Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services offers its customers a wide range of services, and

New Kerto-Ripa wall element brings material efficiency to high-rise construction

Metsä Wood has developed a new wood wall panel solution that combines exceptional load-bearing capacity with material efficiency. This innovative wall structure offers significant benefits, especially as a load bearing and stiffening exterior and partition wall solution for high-rise residential and office buildings.The new wall element is a structural glued wall element made of Kerto[®] LVL beams and panels. It complements the Kerto-Ripa[®] element concept, which has already proven its efficiency in roof and floor structures.More square meters for saleThe rational use of raw

Metsä Group will pay all its owner-members a bonus for wood sales during the winter

Metsä Group will pay a bonus of at least one euro per cubic metre for all wood trade carried out with its current and new owner-members between 1 November 2024 and 28 February 2025.The bonus is available to both Metsä Group’s current owner-members and forest owners who become Metsä Group’s owner-members and engage in wood trade with the company between 1 November 2024 and 28 February 2025. Bonus is also accrued for forest management orders. The bonus offered to all owner-members during the campaign is a benefit that usually requires previous wood trade with Metsä Group. New members can

Metsä Group reforms its wood trade price guarantee model

The benefits for Metsä Group’s contract customers will get even better when Metsä Group reforms its price guarantee method for wood trade, making it more transparent. Metsä Group’s price guarantee applies to wood trade made by contract customers between 1 December and 31 May each year. Metsä Group offers its contract customers a price guarantee for wood trade tied to a regional price index. The wood prices will be adjusted if prices increase by the end of the October following the closing of the sale. Any additional payments will be made at the beginning of the following year. The price

Potential funding for Metsä Group from the EU Innovation Fund

The project aiming to develop a new Muoto[ ]packaging business for Metsä Group was highly scored in the European Commission's evaluation process, and the company was therefore invited to negotiate with the European Union about a possible co-financing for the first commercial Muoto mill planned in Rauma, Finland. The negotiations are expected to last approximately six months. The exact details, including the level of funding, will only be confirmed during the negotiations. Metsä Group is taking the Muoto project forward on three main fronts. The demo mill in Äänekoski is used to develop

Metsä Group’s comparable operating result in January–September 2024 was EUR 170 million

Metsä Group Interim financial report January–September 2024  January–September 2024 (1–9/2023) · Sales were EUR 4,273 million (4,624).  · Operating result was EUR 157 million (443). Comparable operating result was EUR 170 million (431). · Result before taxes was EUR 119 million (438). Comparable result before taxes was EUR 131 million (430). · Comparable return on capital employed was 3.2% (8.3). · Net cash flow from operations was EUR -165 million (487). July–September 2024 (7–9/2023) · Sales were EUR 1,336 million (1,509).  · Operating result was EUR 111

Metsä Group Kemi bioproduct mill inaugurated

Metsä Group marked the inauguration of the bioproduct mill in Kemi on Wednesday, 23 October 2024. The mill was inaugurated by President of Finland Alexander Stubb, chair of Metsäliitto Cooperative’s Board of Directors Jussi Linnaranta, and President and CEO of Metsä Group Ilkka Hämälä. Metsä Group has invested more than EUR 6 billion since 2015, most of it in Finland. The largest is the Kemi bioproduct mill which is today being inaugurated, worth approximately EUR 2 billion. The mill increases Finland’s annual exports by approximately half a billion euros, and its annual positive income

New measures are needed to strengthen the state of nature in forests

The first results of the Natural Resources Institute Finland on the forests of Metsä Group's owner-members demonstrate the need for new initiatives that increase biodiversity. According to indicators, biodiversity in forests has developed both positively and negatively over the past decades. Based on the results, the number of trees and also deciduous trees has increased significantly. The increase in the number of trees based on our native tree species indicates a positive development for their companion species. Increasing the proportion of deciduous trees is an important measure in

Metsä Group plans to end its plywood production in Suolahti

Metsä Wood, part of Metsä Group, plans to discontinue plywood production in Suolahti, Finland. The plan to end production at the Suolahti mill is based on its poor profitability. According to the plans, production at the Suolahti birch plywood mill would end by the end of first quarter of 2025 and production at the spruce plywood mill would end by the end of 2026 at the latest. The statutory negotiations at the Suolahti mill concern all the plywood mill’s employees, in total about 370 people. “The closing of the mill is planned to be carried out in stages to better enable the employment

Appointments in the Management Teams of Metsä Group's business areas

Kalle Parviainen has been appointed SVP, Metsä Fibre’s sawmill business and member of Metsä Fibre’s Management Team. He will report to Ismo Nousiainen, CEO, Metsä Fibre in this new role. Parviainen has previously worked as CFO at Metsä Wood.Juha Pilli-Sihvola has been appointed CFO, Metsä Wood and member of the company’s Management Team. He reports to Jaakko Anttila, EVP, Metsä Wood. Pilli-Sihvola has previously worked as CFO at Metsä Tissue.Terhi Ilvonen has been appointed acting CFO, Metsä Tissue and member of the company’s Management Team. She reports to Esa Kaikkonen, CEO, Metsä

Metsä Group and AtoB@C Shipping to cooperate in reducing emissions from shipping

By 2030, Metsä Group aims to have reduced fossil-based carbon dioxide emissions from its wood supply by 30 per cent from the 2022 level. In wood supply, the bulk of emissions derives from wood being transported by lorry, train and ship to the mills for refinement. Metsä Group and AtoB@C Shipping, one of Metsä Group’s key shipping partners for wood transports in the Baltic Sea region, have jointly undertaken to reduce wood transport emissions by 30 per cent from the 2022 baseline by 2030.“Metsä Group’s emissions reduction target requires tangible plans and committed logistics

Lett-Tak introduces a sustainable wooden roof element

New production line designed to meet the demanding sustainability requirements in the construction industry – Strong market interest emergingTo meet the demanding sustainability requirements within the construction industry, Lett-Tak has invested in a new production line manufacturing its new roof element - Lett-Tak Wood. As they already offer roof elements made of steel, this is Lett-Tak's first roof elements made entirely of wood, utilizing Metsä Wood's Kerto LVL. This roof element focuses on minimizing CO₂ emissions throughout its lifecycle.With the new production line, Lett-Tak can

Metsä Group recommends nature management for sunlit slopes to increase forest biodiversity

Metsä Group is reviewing sunlit slopes in its owner-members’ forests and intensifying its guidance for their management. The management of sunlit slopes is one way to improve the living conditions of endangered forest species and increase forest biodiversity.Of all the endangered forest species, 12 per cent live in sunlit habitats. Only a few thousand hectares of representative sunlit habitats remain in Finland. They are of greater importance for forest biodiversity than their small surface area would appear to warrant. “To our owner members, we recommend nature management on slopes

Production shutdown at Metsä Group's Joutseno pulp mill

Metsä Fibre's Joutseno pulp mill, part of Metsä Group, is undergoing a production shutdown to adapt to the current market situation. In addition, on the basis of construction technical reviews, the mill's baling plant building has been placed under a temporary operating ban due to the potential risk of collapse detected in the roof structures. According to the current estimate, the dismantling of the roof structures and ensuring safe work conditions will take approximately two months. A more detailed schedule is determined on the basis of the project plan to be drawn up. "Structural

Antti Eskola appointed Mill Manager of Metsä Fibre's Renko sawmill

M.Sc (Engineering) Antti Eskola has been appointed Sawmill Manager at Metsä Fibre's Renko sawmill as of 1 November 2024. Previously, Eskola has been responsible for the procurement and contract management of Metsä Group's Kemi bioproduct mill project, has been involved in several strategic procurement projects, and held different procurement positions in Metsä Group. In his new role, Eskola will report to Virva Juhola, SVP Production, Sawmill Business.

Timi Hyppänen appointed SVP, Business Development of Metsä Fibre

Timi Hyppänen has been appointed Metsä Fibre’s Senior Vice President, Business Development, as of 16.9.2024. Currently Hyppänen works as SVP, Supply Chain of Metsä Fibre. Also in his new position, he reports to CEO Ismo Nousiainen and is a member of Metsä Fibre Management Team. Metsä Fibre’s previous SVP, Business Development Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen has been appointed the Project Director of Metsä Group’s carbon capture project.

Ulla Nurminen appointed Metsä Group's Group Treasurer

Ulla Nurminen has been appointed Metsä Group's Group Treasurer as of 1 October 2024. She will transfer from the role of VP, Cash Management & Treasury Support. Before that Nurminen has worked in various positions at Metsä Group Treasury and Nordea. The current Group Treasurer Ari-Pekka Latti will continue as Senior Advisor in the company until 31 December 2024. "I would like to extend warm thanks to Ari-Pekka for his valuable work and long-term commitment to our company for 14 years," says Vesa-Pekka Takala, CFO of Metsä Group. Ulla Nurminen and Ari-Pekka Latti will report to CFO Vesa-

Metsä Group to focus increasingly on carbon capture

Metsä Group’s production units annually generate around 12 million tonnes of wood-based carbon dioxide, and the company is increasingly focusing on promoting its large-scale capture.“Bio-based carbon dioxide is an important but still untapped side stream that could be harnessed more effectively as the technology and markets develop,” says Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen, who has been appointed the new project director of Metsä Group’s carbon capture project.If carbon capture proves viable, it will provide the forest industry with a new high-volume wood-based raw material that can be used to replace

Metsä Group's Kerto LVL mill in Äänekoski reached its rooftop height

Metsä Group's Kerto LVL mill project is progressing as planned in Äänekoski, Finland, and the mill has reached its rooftop height. The mill's topping out ceremony was held today on Wednesday 14 August 2024. Topping out ceremony is a traditional event that is celebrated when the ceilings are ready and buildings are at the rooftop height. Metsä Wood’s Executive Vice President Jaakko Anttila, Metsä Wood’s Project Director Eero Lampola, and SRV’s Chief Executive Officer Saku Sipola gave their greetings at the event. The construction work will be completed in the autumn of 2025 and production at

Metsä Fibre receives EcoVadis’s highest level of recognition for the 6th time

Metsä Group’s pulp and sawmill business has once again achieved EcoVadis’s highest level of recognition, the Platinum rating, for its sustainability efforts. Since 2019, Metsä Fibre has consistently been among the top one percent of pulp, paper, and cardboard manufacturers evaluated by EcoVadis. The company received particularly high marks (90 out of 100 points) for its responsible sourcing practices. “Responsibility and sustainability are integral to our strategy and daily operations. We highly value the Platinum recognition from EcoVadis, which we have now received for the sixth time.

Metsä Group's financial reports in 2025

Metsä Group will publish the following financial reports in 2025: Financial Statements Bulletin for the year 2023                     6 February 2025 Interim Report for January–March 2024                                 29 April 2025 Half-Year Financial Report for January–June 2024                31 July 2025 Interim Report for January–September 2024                          23 October 2025 Metsä Group’s Annual Report for 2024 will be published in English and Finnish as pdf files on Metsä Group’s website at www.metsagroup.com during week 8 (week starting 17 February 2025).

Metsä Group’s comparable operating result in January–June 2024 was EUR 57 million

Metsä Group Half-year financial report January–June 2024  January–June 2024 (1–6/2023)   · Sales were EUR 2,937 million (3,116).  · Operating result was EUR 46 million (402). Comparable operating result was EUR 57 million (380). · Result before taxes was EUR 19 million (389). Comparable result before taxes was EUR 30 million (370). · Comparable return on capital employed was 1.8% (10.7). · Net cash flow from operations was EUR -252 million (18).  April–June 2024 (4–6/2023)   · Sales were EUR 1,480 million (1,481).  · Operating result was EUR -12 million (

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