Joutseno mill has a long history. Pulp has been produced on the banks of Lake Saimaa for almost a hundred years. The mill has been totally modernized at the turn of the century. The new fibre line started in 2001 making the mill the biggest single-line softwood pulp mill in the world. The new mill applies the best available technology (BAT) and is in efficiency and environmental management among the best in the world.
| Production capacity | 650 000 t/a of ECF bleached softwood pulp |
| Grade specialisation | In the production of ECF bleached softwood pulp to manufacture wood-containing printing papers (SC and LWC), as well as high-quality coated printing and special papers. |
| Wood consumption | 3.5 million m³/year |
| Personnel | 160 |
| Customers | Owners and market customers |
| Certificates | Certificates |
| Environment | The environmental goals, measures and emissions of Joutseno Mill are reported in Botnia's Environmental balance sheet. |
History
- 1908: Osakeyhtiö Pulp was founded
- 1909: production at the mill commenced; production was 6000 tonnes of unbleached pulp per year
- 1951: Joutseno-Pulp Osakeyhtiö was founded
- 1955: after the first extension project was completed, the production was 60 000 t/a of unbleached pulp
- 1962: after the second extension project was completed, production was 245 000 t/a of unbleached pulp
- 1984: as the bleaching plant went on stream, the mill started the production of fully bleached pulp
- 1997 Metsä-Botnia acquired Joutseno Pulp whose capacity was 320 000 t/a
- 1998 the new recovery line raised the capacity to 415 000 t/a
- 2001 the new fibre line went on stream, raising the capacity to 600 000 t/a
