Kemi, Finland
Board mill Metsä Board Kemi 

Metsä Board Kemi is the leading producer of coated and uncoated white top kraftliner for high-quality corrugated retail and consumer packaging. The mill is located in Kemi, northern Finland.

Products

  • Kemiart Graph - coated white top kraftliner for retail and consumer packages
  • Kemiart Lite -  lightweight coated white top kraftliner for retail and consumer packages
  • Kemiart Ultra - lightweight coated white top kraftliner for retail and consumer packages
  • Kemiart Brite - uncoated white top kraftliner for retail packages

Key figures
Established 1971
Number of employees 100
Production capacity 375,000 t/a
Production lines Two-layer linerboard machine, Polar Queen (trim width 6.73 m; speed 900 m/min); online Opticoat Jet coater; two winders; grammage range 110-250 g/m2
Certificates ISO 9001, English (pdf)
ISO 14001, English (pdf)
ISO 22000 - Food safety management, English (pdf)
OHSAS 18001, English (pdf)
EN 16001, English (pdf)
Multi-site certificate (ISO9001/14001/22000/OHSAS/EN), English (pdf)
PEFC Logo License, English (pdf)
PEFC Chain of Custody, English (pdf)
Mill info sheet Metsä Board Kemiarts Liners, English (pdf)
FSC Chain of Custody, English (pdf)

History
2011 Rebuild of coating section, second coating station
2006 World’s first installation of a shoe blade former for board making; capacity 375,000 t/a
2005 Coating unit and coating colour supply system rebuild; quality improvement; capacity 350,000 t/a
2005 Production of coated Kemiart Ultra liner starts
2004 Coated liner makes up 2/3 of sales
2004 Metsä Board increased ownership of Kemiart Liners from 47% to 100%
2002 Kemiart Liners Oy founded
2000 Production of mottled kraftliner ended
1999 Rebuild of press and drying sections; capacity 340,000 t/a and quality improvement
1998 Production of brown kraftliner ended
1997 Wet end rebuild; capacity 315,000 t/a and quality improvement
1991 Kemi Oy and Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab merged
1990 Investment in Autoblade coater and packing station
1990 Production began of a new product - coated white top liner
1986 Rebuild of the wet end
1986 Production of white top liner started; capacity 280,000 t/a
1975 Production of mottled liner began
1971 Start-up; capacity of brown kraftliner 180,000 t/a
1969 Kemi Oy invested in a kraftliner mill

See location

Metsä Board Kemi
94200 Kemi
Finland
Tel. +358 1046 64299
Fax +358 1046 61868

VP and Mill manager
Jari Tikkanen
Tel. +358 1046 61666
Fax.+358 1046 61803

See also
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|Updated: 25/04/2012