Oct 01, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Metsä-Botnia's pulp mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay is technically nearly completed. According to the original schedule, the mill was foreseen to start up production by the end of the third quarter of 2007. The start-up process will be set in motion as soon as the Uruguayan environmental authorities give their permission. The start-up schedule will have no significant impact on M-real's financial result for this year. M-real Corporation, headquartered in Finland and employing 13 000 people, is a European paper and paperboard company, providing premium solutions for consumer packaging, communications and advertising end-uses. M-real Corporation is listed on the OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange. The sales of the in 2006 were Euro 5.6 billion. M-real is part of the Metsäliitto Group. With sales of Euro 8.5 billion, Metsäliitto Group is the eighth largest forest industry group in the world.