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FMW Industries to supply automated bale handling systems for the largest board machine in Europe

Stora Enso is converting its existing paper machine at the Oulu site from coated graphic papers to the production of high-quality coated primary fiber-based board. With a planned production volume of 750,000 tons per year, the plant will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe. FMW Industries will supply four fully automatic pulper […]

Stora Enso publishes new framework for green and sustainability-linked financing

Stora Enso has launched a combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework to further integrate sustainability into its funding and financing activities. The framework is based on Stora Enso’s sustainability agenda and goals, driving the transformation towards a circular bioeconomy. The combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework allows Stora Enso to issue both green and sustainability-linked […]

Stora Enso announces change in leadership team

René Hansen will leave his position as Executive Vice President, Brand and Communications on 4 May 2023 to pursue new career opportunities outside the company.   “I thank René for his contributions in developing our brand and communications during his time with Stora Enso and wish him the best of luck in the future,” says […]

Upcoming event: The International Fibre Moulding and Paper Forming Conference

This two-day conference will take place 27-28 September, 2023, at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference brings experts and decision makers closer, from the supply chain to the end user. We will address technical and business challenges and possibilities in the field of 3D shaped fibre product. The goal is to […]

Stora Enso to close down paper machine at Anjala production unit in Finland

Stora Enso plans to consolidate its book paper production and permanently close one of the two paper machines at Anjala in Finland. The Group will start change negotiations concerning all employees at the integrated Anjalankoski site. The Anjalankoski site in Finland includes the Ingerois packaging board production unit and the Anjala paper production unit. Today, the […]

Stora Enso completes the divestment of its Hylte paper site

Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden announced on 27 January 2023, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately EUR 18 million and will result in the reduction of Stora Enso’s annual newsprint […]

Stora Enso and Kolon Industries collaborate on bio-based materials

Stora Enso and Kolon Industries have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop and industrialise bio-based polyesters and their applications, as well as renewable binder resin formulations. Application areas can cover, for example, packaging, car tire reinforcements, and films for high value-added products such as electronics, panels and displays. The development work will combine FuraCore® […]

Afry project partner in TreeToTextile sustainable textile fiber demo plant in Sweden

TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest, invested €35 million in constructing a textile fiber process technology demonstration plant in Sweden. AFRY supported TreeToTextile throughout the project in the development and implementation phases from 2016-2022. The demonstration plant is now in the start-up phase. TreeToTextile is offering a new […]

Stora Enso completes the divestment of its Maxau paper site

Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Maxau paper production site in Germany, and all related assets to Schwarz Produktion, part of Schwarz Group. The divestment announced on 13 September 2022 was completed today after regulatory approvals. The enterprise value of the transaction is approximately EUR 210 million. The transaction will reduce Stora Enso’s […]

Stora Enso invests EUR 30 million in its Heinola mill

Stora Enso will invest approximately EUR 30 million in its Heinola Fluting site in Finland to renew the energy set-up and process equipment. After the investment, the site can replace also the remaining fossil-based fuels with renewable bioenergy. This will reduce the site’s greenhouse gas emissions with more than 90%. Stora Enso has set an […]