# Valmet to rebuild board machine for Metsä Board to increase FBB capacity

Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a board machine rebuild to Metsä Board's Husum mill in Sweden, increasing annual folding boxboard capacity by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes. The start-up is scheduled for fall 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-12-09
- Where: Husum, Sweden
- Value: $85.0M (75.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000 tonnes per year additional folding boxboard capacity
- Products: board machine rebuild, folding boxboard
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Valmet](https://endata.com/companies/244.md) (supplier)
- [Metsä Board](https://endata.com/companies/6373.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [papertechnologyinternational.com](https://papertechnologyinternational.com/valmet-to-collaborate-with-metsa-board-to-increase-folding-boxboard-production-capacity/), 2021-12-09: "The main goal is to increase board machine BM 1's Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) and annual folding boxboard (FBB) capacity by 200,000 tonnes."

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