Metsä Group orders first commercial-scale Valmet 3D Fiber molded packaging line

Metsä Group has ordered a 3D Fiber molded fibre production line from Valmet for its Äänekoski mill in Finland, the first commercial-scale deployment of the technology. The line, sited alongside the companies' existing demo plant, will have nominal capacity of more than 100 million products a year and is scheduled to start up in 2028. Valmet has not disclosed the order value; it is included in the company's third-quarter 2026 orders received.

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• Metsä Group ordered a 3D Fiber production line from Valmet for its Äänekoski mill, Finland
• This is the world's first commercial-scale implementation of Valmet's 3D Fiber technology
• Nominal capacity of the new line exceeds 100 million products per year
• Start-up of the line is scheduled for 2028
• The line will be built alongside the existing Valmet-Metsä demo plant, which started up in 2022
• The order is included in Valmet's orders received for the third quarter of 2026; order value undisclosed

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