Metsäliitto Osuuskunta
Metsä Group and Port of Helsinki to prepare pulp exports of Äänekoski bioproduct mill via Vuosaari

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17.10.2014 / 07:30

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Metsä Group press release 17 October 2014 at 8.30 am EET

Metsä Fibre Oy, part of Metsä Group, and the Port of Helsinki have signed a
letter of intent to develop Vuosaari as the export harbour of pulp produced at
the planned new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski. 

Vuosaari's central role in Finnish foreign trade flows and its good access by
both land and sea were factors favouring its choice as an export harbour.
Recent investments into the port infrastructure and the port's current role as
an export harbour of Metsä Group companies create a good foundation for
building a competitive solution both for Metsä Group and the society. 

'Vuosaari provides us with good opportunities to develop operations that
support an efficient and competitive logistics system,' says Jari Voutilainen,
SVP, Logistics at Metsä Group. 'This is an important milestone in designing the
export logistics solution for the investment proposal next spring.
Cost-efficient and fluent logistics are key contributors when deciding on the
investment.' 

The final investment decision on the construction of the bioproduct mill will
be made next spring. A positive investment decision would mean starting
production in 2017. The mill would increase Metsä Group's annual export
deliveries by 800,000 tonnes, equivalent to approximately 35 railway wagons of
pulp per day. 

Invitation to a press conference at 11.00 am (EET)

Metsä Group will arrange a press conference today, 17 October, at 11.00 am EET
at Vuosaari Harbour, Gatehouse, Komentosilta 1, 13th floor, 00980 Helsinki,
Finland. The event will be hosted by Ilkka Hämälä, CEO of Metsä Fibre, Jari
Voutilainen, SVP, Logistics, Metsä Group and Kimmo Mäki, Managing Director,
Port of Helsinki. 

Please register for the event by contacting Terhi Kylänlahti at Metsä Group
communications, tel. +358 10 465 4202 or +358 50 598 8744,
terhi.kylanlahti(at)metsagroup.com. 



For further information:

Jari Voutilainen, Senior Vice President, Logistics, Metsä Group
Interview requests through Terhi Kylänlahti at Metsä Group communications, tel.
+358 10 465 4202 or +358 50 598 8744, terhi.kylanlahti(at)metsagroup.com or
Reeta Kaukiainen, SVP, Group communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 50 522 0924 

www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products' main raw
material is renewable and sustainably grown northern wood. Metsä Group focuses
on tissue and cooking papers, consumer packaging paperboards, pulp, wood
products, and wood supply and forest services. Its high-quality products
combine renewable raw materials, customer-orientation, sustainable development
and innovation. Metsä Group's sales totalled EUR 4.9 billion in 2013, and it
employs approximately 11,000 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries.
Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by
approximately 123,000 Finnish forest owners. 

Metsä Fibre is a world-leading producer of softwood pulp, whose main brand is
Botnia. Our main products - sustainably and cost-efficiently produced bleached
softwood and birch pulps - are specially developed for the production of
high-quality tissue and printing papers, speciality products and board. Metsä
Fibre has four pulp mills in Finland. Our sales in 2013 totalled approximately
EUR 1.3 billion, and we employ some 900 people. Metsä Fibre is part of Metsä
Group. 
www.biotuotetehdas.fi and www.metsafibre.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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Language:    English                 
Company:     Metsäliitto Osuuskunta  
 
 
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ISIN:        FI0002001611            
 
 
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