# BillerudKorsnäs sees 20% cost increase for new board machine at Gruvön

BillerudKorsnäs announced that investment costs for its new board machine at Gruvön mill may increase by approximately 20% from the previously announced SEK 5.7 billion, mainly due to higher construction costs. Production start is still expected in Q1 2019.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-12-18
- Where: Gruvön, Sweden, Sweden
- Value: $804.0M (6.84B SEK)
- Starts operating: Q1 2019
- Status: under construction
- Products: board for liquid packaging and other packaging materials
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [BillerudKorsnäs](https://endata.com/companies/539.md)

## Sources

- [lesprom.com](https://www.lesprom.com/en/news/BillerudKorsns_sees_continued_strong_market_development_for_products_from_the_new_board_machine_at_Gruvn_mill_81361/), 2017-12-18: "The cost increase is of course not good, and we have worked very hard throughout the project to keep the budget for the project."

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