We create value with respect for nature

We help our customers achieve their sustainability targets with our paperboards and our expert services that support the circular economy. We are continuously looking for opportunities to grow profitably and sustainably, and to generate value for our stakeholders with our operations.

Business model

Metsä Board is part of Metsä Group, and benefits from its unique value chain, from pure northern fibre to end products. Metsä Board produces premium recyclable fresh fibre paperboards, used mainly in consumer product packaging. The business model focuses on sustainable and profitable growth as well as value creation for all stakeholders. Metsä Board relies on global cooperation with its customers and technology partners in product and service development emphasising innovation and sustainability.

Metsä Board's eight (8) production units are located in Finland and Sweden, close to the main raw material, high-quality northern wood fibre. The wood is sourced centrally through Metsä Group from sustainably managed forests mainly in Finland and Sweden, in which the regeneration of the forests and biodiversity is safeguarded. Most of the wood purchased in Finland comes from forests owned by Metsäliitto Cooperative’s owner-members. In Sweden, Metsä Board has a long-term wood delivery agreement with the Swedish forest owner cooperative Norra Skog.

Metsä Board has deliveries to around 100 countries and has approximately 2,300 employees in 17 countries.

Metsäliitto Cooperative, Metsä Group's parent company, holds 51.8% of Metsä Board’s shares. Metsä Board, on the other hand, owns 24.9% of its associated company, Metsä Fibre. Metsä Board’s own pulp production and holding in Metsä Fibre together guarantee the company’s self-sufficiency in pulp. This enables Company to grow in fibre based packaging materials according to its strategy. It also ensures a consistent and high quality of its end products.  

Value creation

Metsä Board's value creation model is described in here. (Source: Metsä Board's Annual review 2023)

Sales split by product

FBB = Folding boxboard
WKL = White kraftliner

Sales split by region

Metsä Board is part of Metsä Group

Metsä Board is the only publicly listed part of Metsä Group. Metsä Board's shares are listed in Nasdaq Helsinki.

Read more about Metsä Group in here.

METSÄ GROUP

SALES
EUR 6.1 BILLION 

PERSONNEL
9,500

 

​METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 

GROUP'S PARENT COMPANY OWNED BY MORE THAN 90,000 FINNISH FOREST OWNERS

​WOOD SUPPLY AND
FOREST SERVICES

METSÄ WOOD

WOOD PRODUCTS

METSÄ FIBRE

PULP AND
SAWN TIMBER

METSÄ BOARD

PAPERBOARD​

METSÄ TISSUE

TISSUE AND
GREASEPROOF PAPERS​

SALES
EUR 2.2 BILLION
PERSONNEL
700
OWNERSHIP OF METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 100%
SALES
EUR 0.6 BILLION
PERSONNEL
1,550
OWNERSHIP OF METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 100%
SALES
EUR 2,5 BILLION
PERSONNEL
1,600
OWNERSHIP OF METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 50.1%, METSÄ BOARD 24.9%, ITOCHU 25.0%
SALES
EUR 1.9 BILLION
PERSONNEL
2,250
OWNERSHIP OF METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 52% (HOLDING OF VOTES 69%)
SALES
EUR 1,3 BILLION
PERSONNEL
2,500
OWNERSHIP OF METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE 100%

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