# Metsä Board inaugurates upgraded BM1 folding boxboard machine in Husum, Sweden

Metsä Board invested €230 million in its Husum mill in Sweden to modernise and expand folding boxboard machine BM1, raising annual capacity to 600,000 tonnes. The upgraded machine was inaugurated in April 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-04-16
- Where: Husum, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
- Value: $250.0M (230.0M EUR)
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 600,000 t per year
- Products: folding boxboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Metsä Board](https://endata.com/companies/6373.md)

## Sources

- [neue-verpackung.de](https://www.neue-verpackung.de/markt/metsae-board-weiht-europas-groesste-maschine-fuer-faltschachtelkarton-ein/2281153), 2024-04-16: "Der finnische Kartonhersteller Metsä Board hat 230 Mio. Euro in den schwedischen Standort Husum investiert."

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