# BillerudKorsnäs hires Pöyry to build $622M board machine in Gruvön, Sweden

BillerudKorsnäs has contracted Pöyry mill engineering services for a new KM7 packaging board machine at Gruvön, Sweden, with capacity of about 550,000 tonnes a year and start-up in 2019. The investment totals SEK 5.7 billion.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2016-12-19
- Where: Gruvön, Sweden
- Value: $622.0M (5.70B SEK)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 550,000 tonnes per year of liquid packaging board, cartonboard, food service board and liner
- Products: liquid packaging board, cartonboard, food service board, liner
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [BillerudKorsnäs](https://endata.com/companies/539.md) (customer)
- [Pöyry](https://endata.com/companies/610.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [bakeryandsnacks.com](https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2016/12/19/BillerudKorsnaes-hires-Poeyry-to-build-packaging-board-machine/), 2016-12-19: "BillerudKorsnäs has partnered with Pöyry mill engineering services to construct a $622m board machine at Gruvön, in Sweden."

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