MM Kotkamills has built a new Sheeting Centre with two state-of-the-art sheet cutters and related automation. This investment of more than Euro 30 million for the further processing of cartonboard will strengthen MM Kotkamills' position as a supplier of cartonboard sheets in the European market.

The ribbon was cut by Esa Sirviö, Kotka Mayor, and Niilo Pöyhönen, MM Kotkamills Chairman of the Board.

"Our new Sheeting Centre and its modern technology will enable automated processing of cartonboard reels from production to sheeting. We will be able to serve our customers faster and ensure even better quality of the cartonboard as the sheeting will take directly after production and there will be no need to transport the reels outside the mill for sheeting," says Niilo Pöyhönen, Chairman of the Board of MM Kotkamills, who has been actively involved in the Sheeting Centre project.

"Now the cartonboard broke from the sheeting process can also be easily recycled back into the cartonboard production, which supports our mill integrate's core mission to promote the circular economy by using production side streams and making the most efficient use of fibres as our raw material," continues Päivi Suutari, Managing Director of MM Kotkamills.

MM Kotkamills' Sheeting Centre employs around 30 people.

MM Kotkamills manufactures innovative products created from wood, a renewable natural resource.