Kyro, Finland

Board mill Metsä Board Kyro 

Metsä Board Kyro produces high-quality double-coated folding boxboard for beauty care and other demanding packaging and for graphics as well as coated and uncoated wallpaper base for various converting methods. The mill is located in Kyröskoski, 40 km northwest of Tampere, southern Finland.

Products

• Avanta Prima - fully coated folding boxboard, GC2
• Carta Elega -  fully coated folding boxboard with coated back, GC1
• Cresta D - uncoated peelable and spongeable wallpaper base for foam and direct printed wallcoverings  
• Cresta D OBA - uncoated peelable and spongeable FWA containing wallpaper base
• Cresta D1 - single coated peelable and spongeable wallpaper base for foam and direct printed wallcoverings 
• Cresta D2 - double coated peelable and washable wallpaper base for foam and direct printed wallcoverings
• Cresta M - single layer mechanical wallpaper base for pvc coating and direct printing 
• Cresta MB - single layer mechanical wallpaper base
• Cresta NG2 - triple coated peelable non-woven wallpaper base with synthetic fibres
• Cresta NGX - two-layer, both-side coated peelable non-woven wallpaper base with synthetic fibres

Key figures
Established	1870
Number of employees	245
Production capacity	190,000 t/a board; 105,000 t/a paper
Production lines	One board machine, BM1 (trim width 3.30 m; speed 600 m/min; grammage range 200-380 g/m2); one paper machine, PM3 (working width 3.60 m: speed 860 m/min; grammage range 80-165 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 Chain of Custody, English (pdf) PEFC Logo License, English (pdf) FSC Chain of Custody, English (pdf) Metsä Board Kyro Board Mill Info Sheet, English (pdf) Metsä Board Kyro Paper Mill Info Sheet, English (pdf)

History
2011	Rebuild of board machine
2008	LITE4U cartonboard concept
2007	Paste-the-wall wallpaper base Kyröskoski power plant purchased
2006	Groundwood washing
2004	Enlargement of biological effluent treatment plant
2002	PM rebuild
2001	Metsä-Serla became Metsä Board
1994	BM1 rebuild
1998	Finishing department upgrade
1995	Kyro forest industry activities acquired by Metsä-Serla
1994	BM1 rebuild
1991	Debarking department
1988	BM2 dismantled
1987	Biological effluent treatment plant
1985	BM1 rebuild
1984	PM3 rebuild
1958	1958 PM3 Wallpaper production
1957	1957 BM1 start-up
1937	1937 BM2 start-up
1931	1931 PM3 newsprint production
1878	1878 Board production
1872	1872 Mechanical wood pulp production
1870	1870 Mill founded

Metsä Board Kyro
Tehtaantie 9
39200 Kyröskoski
Finland
Tel. +358 1046 34999
Fax +358 1046 34190

VP and Mill Manager
Metsä Board Kyro and Metsä Board Tako 
Pertti Hietaniemi
Tel. +358 1046 33772
Fax +358 1046 34190