Sep 17, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. Due to the annual maintenance work production stopped at the Metsä Group Kemi mills. The shutting down of normal production processes at Metsä Fibre started on Friday 13 September and at Metsä Board Saturday 14 September, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Maintenance work will be performed during the stoppage by the mill’s own personnel as well as by some 750 employees of our cooperation partners.

A gradual restart of production operations will commence on Friday 20 September at the Metsä Fibre Kemi mill and on Tuesday 24 September at the Metsä Board Kemi mill.

Metsä Fibre is a world-leading producer of softwood pulp for high-quality paper, board and tissue producers in Europe and Far East.