# Metsä Board plans to increase folding boxboard capacity at Husum mill

Metsä Board announced plans to increase annual production capacity of folding boxboard machine BM1 at the Husum mill in Sweden by approximately 200,000 tonnes. Pre-engineering has started, with a final investment decision expected in summer 2021 and ramp-up in 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-01-22
- Where: Husum, Sweden, Sweden
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000 tonnes per year
- Products: folding boxboard
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [nipimpressions.com](https://www.nipimpressions.com/husum-s-paperboard-production-planned-to-be-increased-and-the-pulp-mill-renewal-proceeds-cms-11480), 2021-01-22: "The planned investment would further strengthen Husum BM1's position as the biggest folding boxboard machine in Europe."

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