Metsä Group Announces Plans to Close Its Merikarvia, Finland, Sawmill Later This Year

Metsä Group announced on Monday (1-8-24) that it intends to discontinue sawn timber production at its Merikarvia, Finland, facility by the end of the summer of 2024. The change negotiations at the sawmill concern all 79 employees.

The annual production capacity of the sawmill is approximately 220,000 m³ of pine sawn timber, and the annual wood consumption is approximately 455,000 m³.

In a statement prepared to accompany the announcement, Metsä Fiber CEO Ismo Nousiainen said, “The Merikarvia sawmill has reached the end of its technical life cycle, which is why we’ve initiated plans to close down its operations.”