The investment targets increased capacity and improved quality of the output of cartonboard and liquid packaging board, and includes a rebuild of the board machine at the Frvi mill as well as a capacity upgrade of the Rockhammar pulp mill.
After the completion of the upgrade, BillerudKorsns says it will operate the largest machine for production of cartonboard and liquid packaging board integrated to chemical pulp in the world.
The revamp will bring the Frvi mill to an output of 550,000 t/a of high quality cartonboard and liquid packaging board and the Rockhammar mill up to 150,000 t/a of CTMP.
Ulf Eliasson, senior vice president consumer board, said the demand for BillerudKorsns cartonboard and liquid packaging board is increasing.
“Through this investment we will maintain and strengthen our competitiveness and deliver on the increasing demands on our products and services, and thereby achieve sustainable growth within our business area consumer board.”
Per Lindberg, chief executive of BillerudKorsns, added: “We have set an ambitious growth agenda for BillerudKorsns. For the business area consumer board the strategy is profitable volume growth. This investment is an important part of realising that strategy.”
