# Valmet to rebuild Metsä Board Husum board machine BM 1, adding 200,000 tonnes FBB capacity

Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a rebuild of board machine BM 1 at Metsä Board's Husum mill in Sweden. The work aims to raise annual folding boxboard capacity by 200,000 tonnes to 600,000 tonnes, with start-up planned for fall 2023. The order value was not disclosed.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-12-09
- Where: Husum, Sweden
- Status: announced
- Capacity: annual FBB capacity rising from 400,000 to 600,000 tonnes
- Products: board machine rebuild, folding boxboard, stock preparation equipment, performance agreement
- 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

- [valmet.com](https://www.valmet.com/news/press-releases/2021/valmet-to-collaborate-with-metsa-board-husum-in-sweden-to-increase-folding-boxboard-production-capacity-and-to-improve-efficiency-and-environmental-performance/), 2021-12-09: "Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a board machine rebuild to Metsä Board Husum in Sweden."
- [valmet.com](https://www.valmet.com/media/news/press-releases/2021/valmet-to-collaborate-with-metsa-board-husum-in-sweden-to-increase-folding-boxboard-production-capacity-and-to-improve-efficiency-and-environmental-performance/), 2021-12-09: "Valmet will supply a long-term Performance Agreement and a board machine rebuild to Metsä Board Husum in Sweden."

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