The move away from recycled fiber is in line with Metsä Group's strategy to produce high-quality hygiene papers using wood fiber as the main raw material.
May 12, 2025 - Metsä Tissue has completed the change negotiations initiated in March 2025 at its Mänttä mill in Finland. As a result, the mill will discontinue the production of recycled pulp and close one tissue paper machine.
Metsä Tissue noted that the tissue machine to be closed is at the end of its life cycle.
Currently, the Mänttä mill has three tissue paper machines, 10 converting lines for tissue paper and one greaseproof paper machine. The mill has approximately 469 employees and the capacity to produce 97,000 tonnes per year of paper.
The mill also has a deinking plant that processes recycled paper into pulp used in the tissue production process.
The move away from recycled fiber is in line with Metsä Group's strategy to produce high-quality hygiene papers using wood fiber as the main raw material. The company said it will now continue to focus on the production of fresh fiber-based tissue papers and invest significantly in the processing of fresh fiber and the modernization of the water circulation systems of two tissue paper machines.
The change negotiations, which impact 7 employees, will be implemented in the first half of 2026. Those employees are offered other jobs within Metsä Group.
Metsä Tissue's Mänttä mill produces Serla, Lambi and Katrin tissue paper products and customers' own brands, as well as SAGA baking and cooking papers.
Metsä Group's Tissue and Greaseproof Papers business, or Metsä Tissue, produces hygiene products for households and professionals, and greaseproof papers for food preparation and packaging.
SOURCE: Metsä Group