Myllykoski Corporation was a family owned international paper group with central offices in

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Anjalankoski Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there ...

, manufacturing in

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, and sales offices around the world. The roots of the company date back to its founding by the Björnberg family in 1892. The company was acquired in 2011 by Finnish manufacturer

UPM-Kymmene UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a Finnish forest industry company. UPM-Kymmene was formed by the merger of Kymmene Corporation with Repola Oy and its subsidiary United Paper Mills Ltd in 1996. UPM consists of six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM ...

Products

The company makes super

calender A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to finish or smooth a sheet of material such as paper, textiles, rubber, or plastics. Calender rolls are also used to form some types of plastic films and to apply coatings. Some calende ...

ed and coated (SC) paper and lightweight coated (LWC) paper, principally for use in magazines, catalogs, advertising inserts, and brochures. Myllykoski produces about 500,000 tons of paper annually, about 95% of which is exported to

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. The company owns about 65% while the other 35% was held by M-real. Myllykoski's paper is sold in the US through Madison International Sales Company, another Myllykoski Corporation subsidiary. Myllykoski is the third-largest producer of SC paper in the world and is among the top five in coated mechanical grades. The European mills of Myllykoski are certified according to the guidelines of

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. In addition to that, the

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mills participate in the EMAS II validation. The mills in

operate according to the standards of

an mills, although they are not certified.

Myllykoski Corporation Group

Myllykoski Paper

Myllykoski Paper Myllykoski Corporation was a family owned international paper group with central offices in Helsinki and Anjalankoski, manufacturing in Germany, Finland and North America, and sales offices around the world. The roots of the company date back to ...

producing mechanical uncoated (SC) and coated publication paper which yield about 570,000 tonnes annually. The company owns 50% of the Finnish pulp producer Sunila Oy together with

Stora Enso Stora Enso Oyj (from sv, Stora and fi, Enso ) is a manufacturer of pulp, paper and other forest products, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The majority of sales takes place in Europe, but there are also significant operations in Asia and S ...

Myllykoski Continental

Myllykoski Continental Myllykoski Corporation was a family owned international paper group with central offices in Helsinki and Anjalankoski, manufacturing in Germany, Finland and North America, and sales offices around the world. The roots of the company date back to ...

includes Lang Papier of Germany (newsprint and SC paper),

MD Albbruck MD, Md, mD or md may refer to: Places * Moldova (ISO country code MD) * Maryland (US postal abbreviation MD) * Magdeburg (vehicle plate prefix MD), a city in Germany * Mödling District (vehicle plate prefix MD), in Lower Austria, Austria People ...

(coated offset paper in reels and sheets) and

MD Plattling MD, Md, mD or md may refer to: Places * Moldova (ISO country code MD) * Maryland (US postal abbreviation MD) * Magdeburg (vehicle plate prefix MD), a city in Germany * Mödling District (vehicle plate prefix MD), in Lower Austria, Austria People ...

(coated rotogravure). The combined production capacity of Myllykoski Continental is 1.5 million tonnes annually. Papierfabrik Utzenstorf of Switzerland (newsprint, UMI) left Myllykoski Corporation with management buyout by 24. June 2009.press release: Myllykoski sells Utzenstorf mill
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Utzenstorf Papier Utzenstorf is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is regionally famous for its medieval castle, Landshut Castle. History Utzenstorf is first mentioned in 1175 as ''Uzansdorf''. ...

Lang Papier Lang may refer to: *Lang (surname), a surname of independent Germanic or Chinese origin Places * Lang Island (Antarctica), East Antarctica * Lang Nunatak, Antarctica * Lang Sound, Antarctica * Lang Park, a stadium in Brisbane, Australia * Lang ...

Myllykoski North America

Myllykoski North America Myllykoski Corporation was a family owned international paper group with central offices in Helsinki and Anjalankoski, manufacturing in Germany, Finland and North America, and sales offices around the world. The roots of the company date back to ...

includes Madison Paper Industries, in

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, producing mechanical uncoated offset and rotogravure which yield about 220,000 tonnes annually. Madison Paper Company in

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, recycled fiber-based coated offset which produced 140,000 tonnes annually. * Alsip mill Divested 9/11/2009 to the Watermill Group from Lexington, Mass. *

Madison mill Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

Alliance partner

Rhein Papier is a legally independent company managed by Myllykoski Continental. The capacity of Rhein Papier is 280,000 TPa newsprint. * Rhein Papier *

Plattling Papier Plattling is a town in the Deggendorf (district), district of Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany, on the river Isar, 9 km southwest of Deggendorf, just before it enters the Danube. Attractions Romanesque Jewel – Church Saint Jakob Romanesque ...

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