Metsä Board Magazine – Summer 2025

Contents

“USING LESS MATERIAL TO PRODUCE THE REQUIRED TYPE OF PACKAGING REDUCES THE OVERALL CARBON FOOTPRINT.”

LARI OKSALA, SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, METSÄ BOARD

24 Team

Metsä Board Americas’ Technical and Packaging Services team. 26 Sharpness that stands out

Investment in MetsäBoard Classic FBB at Simpele mill further improves the trusted product.

31 Expert

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Barilla’s Purchasing Director Packaging, Leonardo Mirone: “Nordic fresh fibre is the best raw material in the world.”

32 Success story

New benchmarks for beautycare packaging.

03 Editor’s letter

15 Influencer

34 New wave

Maija Pohjakallio Metsä Group’s climate transition plan – a strategic approach that combines climate and nature. 16 The anatomy of a package Metsä Board’s folding boxboard is a forerunner in food sector packaging. 18 Reinventing the six-pack For a small South Finland brewery,

Innovations and endless possibilities in paperboard packaging.

Essi Arola, Sustainability & Packaging Director at Lumene, shares insights on current and future trends in beautycare packaging.

04 Big picture

The new prototype for innovative fibre material.

06 Shorts

New CEO Esa Kaikkonen (page 7) leads Metsä Board with a forward- looking vision.

innovative packaging took the form of a motorbike engine.

10 Theme: Minimising carbon emissions

23 4 x Tips

Data provides transparency, helping make fact-based decisions.

04

Efficiency unleashed: Steps to optimal carton conversion.

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