# BillerudKorsnäs starts production at new KM7 board machine in Gruvön

BillerudKorsnäs started production at its new KM7 board machine at Gruvön Mill in Grums, Sweden. The 350-meter-long machine has a capacity of 550,000 tons per year and produces liner for fruit boxes, bag-in-box, and frozen products. The investment grew from 5.7 to 7.6 billion SEK.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-06-26
- Where: Grums, Sweden, Sweden
- Value: $800.0M (7.60B SEK)
- Starts operating: 26 Jun 2019
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 550,000 tons per year
- Products: liner, cartonboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [papperochmassa.se](https://www.papperochmassa.se/20190802/2626/nya-kartongmaskinen-km7-pa-gruvon-har-kort-igang), 2019-06-26: "Det var en väldig lättnad och glädje att få komma igång med produktionen."

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