Metsä Board Oyj, previously known as M-real Corporation, is a Finnish producer of fresh fibre

paperboard Paperboard is a thick paper-based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 Inch#Equivalents, points) than paper and has certain superior ...

s including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. It was originally established by G.A. Serlachius, and named ''Metsä-Serla'' (Forest Serla). Metsä Board is part of Metsä Group, one of the largest forest industry groups in the world. On 29 September 2008, M-Real sold four of its paper mills to South African company, Sappi. Nowadays, Metsä Board focuses on folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Metsä Board has altogether seven production units in Finland (Kyro, Tako, Simpele, Äänekoski, Kemi, Joutseno, Kaskinen) and one in Sweden (Husum). In autumn 2020, Metsä Board announced that it would open a competence center in Äänekoski focusing on cardboard and packaging. In the same factory area were housed, among others, Metsä Group's bioproduct factory, cardboard factory, birch veneer factory, wood-based textile fiber test factory and a test factory producing 3D fiber products, which started to operate in May 2022.

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Companies listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Pulp and paper companies of Finland Companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in Finland Manufacturing companies based in Espoo {{Finland-company-stub