Stora Enso strengthens its presence in Guangxi

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STORA ENSO OYJ Press Release 10 November 2005 at 10.00

Stora Enso strengthens its presence in Guangxi

Stora Enso has signed an agreement with Gaofeng Forest – Pulp & 
Paper Company to purchase 34 000 ha of timber and land use 
rights in several state-owned farms owned by Gaofeng, a company 
assigned by the Guangxi government to be the Chinese owner of an 
integrated forest, pulp and paper project in southern coastal 
Guangxi. The agreement enables Stora Enso to increase the area 
of land concession rights and wholly-owned plantations in 
Guangxi province in southern China to about 60 000 ha.  

Stora Enso started investing in Guangxi in 2002 with the aim of 
establishing 120 000 ha of industrial hardwood plantations to 
provide fibre for integrated pulp, paper and board production in 
southern Guangxi.

“We have started the application process for an integrated 
forest industry project in Guangxi, including annual production 
capacity of about 1 000 000 tonnes of chemical and chemi-
thermomechanical pulp, and about 1 000 000 tonnes of paper and 
board. Guangxi is one of the few places in China where Stora 
Enso could build a pulp, paper and board mill complex close to 
plantations,” explains Markku Pentikäinen, President of Stora 
Enso Asia Pacific.

The industrial development project in the region is subject to 
final approval by Stora Enso’s Board of Directors.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has carried out 
an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the 
Guangxi plantations with the aim of assessing all their 
environmental and social impacts and recommending how any 
adverse effects might be minimised. This assessment has included 
scenarios of up to 120 000 ha of plantations.

Stora Enso in China
Stora Enso’s Suzhou Mill in Jiangsu Province with an annual 
production capacity of 240 000 tonnes is one of the largest 
manufacturers of coated fine paper in China. In Hangzhou Stora 
Enso has a core factory with an annual production capacity of 
30 000 tonnes. 

For further information, please contact:
Markku Pentikäinen, President, Stora Enso Asia Pacific, tel. +86 
137 643 00175
Kari Tuomela, President, Guangxi Stora Enso Forestry, tel. +86 
139 786 61368


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