Finland

Stora Enso plans to close a corrugated packaging plant in Finland as it centralises the country's production at other sites.

Valmet has been selected by Metsä Group to supply a 3D Fiber molded fiber production line for its Äänekoski mill in Finland. Start-up is scheduled for 2028.

Valmet will supply a 3D Fiber moulded fibre production line for Metsä Group's mill in Äänekoski, Finland, with nominal output above 100 million items a year and start-up planned for 2028.

Valmet announced an order from Metsä Group for a 3D Fiber molded fiber packaging line to be installed beside the Muoto demo plant in Äänekoski, Finland, with start-up planned for 2028. Contract value was not disclosed.

Metso signed an agreement to acquire peristaltic hose pump and progressive cavity pump technologies, with aftermarket parts and service capabilities, from Valmet. The transaction value is undisclosed and closing is expected on October 1, 2026.

Jouka Oy agreed to sell its metal stamping subcontracting business to Männistö Oy Metallituote, effective 1 August 2026, to focus on its own valve business. Männistö will serve the transferred customers.

Marioff is investing in its main Kerava, Finland factory, which produces all key HI-FOG system components. Investments total about $3.8 million in 2025 and $3.7 million in 2026, and production volume has risen around 30%.

Stora Enso inaugurated Europe's largest consumer packaging board production line at its Oulu mill in Finland on 18 August 2025. The line is part of about EUR 1.7 billion invested in the Oulu mill in 2019-2025.

Duni Group of Sweden is acquiring 80% of LinePack Oy, a Finnish company that designs, equips, installs and services automated packaging solutions for the food industry. LinePack has annual revenue of about EUR 2 million and six employees; the deal was announced on June 3, 2025.

Stora Enso has completed its acquisition of Finnish sawmill company Junnikkala Oy for up to EUR 137 million, including performance-based payments. The deal adds about 700,000 cubic metres of sawmilling capacity and supports its Oulu packaging board ramp-up.

Pump Service River Oy acquired the entire share capital of Suomen Jätevesipalvelut Oy effective 1 April 2025, expanding its national pump and wastewater service network in Finland.

Stora Enso's new consumer packaging board line at its Oulu site in Finland has begun production ramp-up, converting an idle paper machine into a folding box board and coated unbleached kraft line. The line has an annual capacity of 750,000 tonnes and an investment of EUR 1 billion, with first deliveries expected by Q2 2025.

Stora Enso launched a new consumer packaging board line at its Oulu mill in March 2025, adding 750,000 tonnes of annual capacity at a previously shuttered paper mill.

Beijer Tech, a subsidiary of Beijer Alma, signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Uudenmaan Painehuolto Oy (UPH), a Finnish compressed air equipment distributor and maintenance company with about EUR 3.3 million annual revenue. Closing is expected in March 2025.

Ringmetall SE agreed with the owner family to acquire all shares of Hutek Oy of Nastola, Finland, a producer of bag-in-box packaging, effective 8 January 2025. Hutek generated revenue of about EUR 4 million last year.

Nomo Group, a Power Transmission Solutions company within Axel Johnson International, is acquiring a majority stake in Finnish seals specialist Top-Osa of Tampere. The deal expands Nomo's sealing offering across the Nordics.

Finnish conglomerate Wihuri signed a ten-year PPA with Statkraft to buy 438 GWh of Finnish renewable electricity from January 2027, covering its operations including Wipak's Nastola packaging plant.

Premekon has agreed to manufacture and install pipe bridges, pump room steel structures and maintenance bridges for Helen's new heat pump plant in Eiranranta, Helsinki. The plant will provide 300 GWh of annual district heating capacity.

Stora Enso has appointed Niclas Rosenlew as group CFO, succeeding Seppo Parvi, and Carolyn Wagner as executive vice-president of Packaging Solutions, succeeding the retiring Ad Smit. Both are due to join by January 2025.

On June 19, 2024 Mondi announced completion of its EUR 125 million investment in the Kuopio containerboard mill in Finland, upgrading the wood yard, fibre line, evaporation plant and paper machine to add 55,000 tonnes per year of ProVantage Powerflute fluting capacity.

On June 19, 2024 Valmet announced it will deliver critical valve solutions to Hycamite's new Customer Sample Facility in Kokkola, Finland, a methane-splitting hydrogen plant expected to start operations in the second half of 2024.

oceansix future paths, through subsidiary Oceansix S.L., bought the business of Finnish reusable packaging firm Original RePack Oy in exchange for shares and a cash payment, with total consideration of about CDN $2.39 million.

Momentum Group signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Hydjan Oy, a Helsinki-based specialist in hydraulics and pneumatics for industrial customers in Finland. Hydjan has about EUR 1.2 million in annual sales and six employees.

Valmet will supply an IQ Moisturizer system to Adara Pakkaus Oy's corrugated board mill in Valkeakoski, Finland, with delivery scheduled for Q3 2024. The order value was not disclosed.

Korona Fund IV, managed by Korona Invest Oy, completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Fredman Group Oy on April 18, 2024, after Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority approval without conditions. Fredman focuses on kitchen products and food packaging solutions.