BM rebuild to increase production capacity at Stora Enso’s Skoghall mill in Sweden

The main goal of the project is to increase the production capacity of the BM 8. The two-step project is planned to be completed at the second half of 2023.

In October 2021, Stora Enso announced the investment to expand the board production at Skoghall. Following the investment, the annual production at Skoghall can be increased by approximately 100,000 tonnes, to a total capacity of the mill exceeding 900,000 tonnes, subject to environmental permits. The project will be implemented through de-bottlenecking of one of the existing production lines, and executed in two steps, utilising the scheduled maintenance breaks.

“The investment strengthens Stora Enso’s capability to produce high-quality and cost-competitive consumer board grades within the growing core segments of liquid and food packaging,” says Marie Morin, Mill Director.

“We have developed the BM 8 at Skoghall with Stora Enso for a long time; Valmet completed a forming section rebuild with several steps at the same machine line in 2017-2020. We are happy to continue our cooperation in this project,” says Per Holm, Vice President, Sales, Scandinavia, Valmet.

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