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Metsä Group’s tissue and cooking paper business invests in bioenergy in SwedenKatrinefors Kraftvärme AB (KKAB), a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, and the local municipal energy company VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Mariestad, Sweden
Katrinefors Kraftvärme AB (KKAB), a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä
Tissue, part of Metsä Group, and the local municipal energy company
VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined heat and power (CHP)
plant in Mariestad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Metsä Tissue mill. This will be the second bioenergy plant operated by KKAB. The construction of the new plant will start in April 2013. The plant is expected to be operating by the end of 2014. The total investment will amount to approximately 30 million euros of which Metsä Tissue’s share will be 50 per cent. According to Mark Watkins, SVP Tissue Scandinavia, KKAB’s new bioenergy plant is an important step in increasing the share of bioenergy. In Metsä Group, the share of wood-based bioenergy is high, as over 80 per cent of all the used fuel is biomass. Increasing the share of bioenergy is one of the key activities in Metsä Group’s efforts to mitigate climate change and reduce fossil CO2 emissions. Metsä Group’s target is to reduce fossil-based CO2 emissions by 30 per cent per product tonne by 2020 from the 2009 level. The new bioenergy production reduces significantly, even as much as 90 per cent, Metsä Tissue Mariestad mill’s oil usage. The new power plant will decrease Mariestad mill’s CO2 emissions by approximately 6,000 tonnes, i.e. by 30 per cent from the present. Currently oil is used to cover wintertime peak in heat demand and as reserve fuel. The new biomass CHP plant will be composed of an approximately 28 MW biomass boiler to produce heat and approximately 7 MW turbine to produce electricity. The biomass fuels consist of energy wood and the mill’s recycled fibre residues. In addition to producing electricity and heat to Mariestad mill, the plant will provide renewable energy for the surrounding community in the form of district heating and bio-based grid electricity. METSÄ GROUP Group Communications For further information, please contact: Mark Watkins, SVP Tissue Scandinavia, Metsä Tissue, tel. + 46 50 127 5012 Ilkka Latvala, SVP Energy, Metsä Group, tel. +358 50 381 9353 www.metsagroup.com Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products are part of people’s everyday life and promote sustainable well-being. Metsä Group produces high-quality products mainly from renewable Nordic wood. The Group’s business areas are tissue and cooking papers, board and paper, pulp, wood products as well as wood supply. Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.0 billion in 2012, and it employs approximately 11,500 people. The Group is present in some 30 countries. www.metsatissue.com With its high-quality tissue and cooking papers, Metsä Tissue makes life more comfortable for consumers, customers and end-users every day. Metsä Tissue is a leading tissue paper products supplier to households and industrial consumers in Europe. We are also the world’s leading supplier of baking and cooking papers. Our main brands are Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin and SAGA. With production units in six countries, we employ a total of about 3,300 people. Our turnover in 2012 was EUR 1,0 billion euros. Metsä Tissue is part of Metsä Group.
2013-04-22
| Metsä Tissue signs a license agreement related to Georgia-Pacific's Lotus brand in Russian consumer businessEspoo, Finland, 2011-06-22 11:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metsä Tissue, part of the Metsäliitto Group and a leading tissue and cooking paper supplier Europe-wide, and Georgia-Pacific ZAO, part of Georgia-Pacific LLC a leading producer of tissue, paper, packaging and building products
Espoo, Finland, 2011-06-22 11:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Metsä
Tissue, part of the Metsäliitto Group and a leading tissue and cooking
paper supplier Europe-wide, and Georgia-Pacific ZAO, part of
Georgia-Pacific LLC a leading producer of tissue, paper, packaging and
building products, have announced an exclusive agreement under which
Metsä Tissue would obtain the license to manufacture, sell and market
Georgia-Pacific’s Lotus® consumer tissue brand in Russia.
On
top of the signed license contract, Metsä Tissue will purchase a
selected portion of the finished goods stock of Lotus® products in
Russia. Metsä Tissue will then commence the production and sale of
well-known Lotus-brand products in Russia alongside its own consumer
brands, Lambi and Mola. In 2010, Lotus consumer sales in Russia were
around 20 million euros.
With
the agreement, Georgia-Pacific will refocus its Russian business on the
away-from-home market. Georgia-Pacific will continue to manufacture,
sell and market its Lotus® consumer brand throughout the rest of the
EMEA region.
The
parties expect to close the deal at the end of the third quarter, after
which Metsä Tissue will initiate Lotus® brand production and sales to
Russian customers.
The
agreement will strengthen Metsä Tissue’s position in the Russian
consumer tissue market, making it the second-biggest supplier in the
branded category. This complies with its announced intention to seek
brand growth in Russia. “The deal is a natural progression of Metsä
Tissue’s commitment to developing our business in Russia”, says Hannu
Kottonen, CEO of Metsä Tissue.
Metsä
Tissue entered the Russian market in 2004. Since then, the company has
established two offices in the Moscow region and in 2008 launched
consumer and away-from-home product converting operations in Naro
Fominsk.
For further information, please contact:
Hannu Kottonen, CEO
Tel. +358 (0)10 46 54959
Email: hannu.kottonen@metsatissue.com
Kari Muttilainen, SVP, Strategic Projects
Tel: + 358 (0)10 46 94563
Email: kari.muttilainen@metsatissue.com
Marja-Leena Dahlskog, Communications Manager
Tel. +358 (0)10 46 55149
Email: marja-leena.dahlskog@metsatissue.com
Metsä
Tissue is a leading tissue paper products supplier to households and
industrial consumers in Europe. We are also the world’s leading supplier
of baking and cooking paper products. Our main brands are Lambi, Serla,
Mola, Tento, Katrin and SAGA. We have production units based in
Finland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Sweden and we have some
3,200 employees. Our turnover is EUR 940 million. Metsä Tissue is part
of the Metsäliitto Group.
2011-10-05
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