# Metsä Board to add 200,000 t folding boxboard capacity at Husum, Sweden for EUR 210M

Metsä Board decided to raise annual folding boxboard capacity at its integrated Husum mill by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes, investing about EUR 210 million. Additional capacity is expected to start up in 2024-2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-07-09
- Where: Husum, Sweden
- Value: $248.0M (210.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 600,000 tonnes per year after the investment (up from 400,000)
- Products: folding boxboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [paper-world.com](https://www.paper-world.com/de/newsdetail/mets%C3%A4-board-erh%C3%B6ht-produktionskapazit%C3%A4t), 2021-07-09: "Metsä Board hat eine Investitionsentscheidung getroffen, um die jährliche Faltschachtelkarton-Kapazität in seinem integrierten Werk in Husum (Schweden) um 200.000 Tonnen zu erhöhen."
- [packnews.se](https://packnews.se/metsa-board-miljardinvesterar-i-falskartong-pa-husums-bruk/), 2021-08-10: "ska investera drygt två miljarder kronor (210 miljoner euro) i ökad produktionskapacitet av falskartong"

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