Metsä Spring and Valmet to construct a pilot plant to manufacture wood-based 3D fibre products
Location |
Metsä
Group’s mill site in Äänekoski (Finland). |
Feedstock |
Renewable,
sustainably-grown and pure Finnish wood fibre. |
Products |
3D fibre
products ready to be shipped to end customers. They will
replace, for instance, packages made out of fossil raw materials. |
Employment
effect |
When
operational, the pilot plant will employ roughly 10 persons. |
Timeline |
The
construction of the pilot plant begins in the autumn of 2020 and is expected
to be ready for operation by the end of 2021. If the pilot plant phase validates the
concept as sound, the next step would be the construction of a commercial
factory in the following years. Such a factory would be built in Finland. |