The Rauma mill went on stream in 1996, and it was the first mill in the world built solely for the production of chlorine-free TCF pulp. Even though the mill was built and started up as a separate company, it has always been an integral part of the Botnia pulp group.
The Rauma mill changed its bleaching system from TCF to ECF in summer 2007.
| Production capacity | 630 000 t/a of ECF bleached softwood pulp on one line |
| Grade specialisation | The Rauma mill is specialised in the production of two pulp grades: reinforcement pulp suitable for magazine paper manufacture, and bleached tissue paper pulp. |
| Wood consumption | 3.3 million m³/year |
| Personnel | 125 |
| Customers | The owners’ mills and market pulp customers. Export’s share of production is 60 %, and the main market areas are Finland, Asia, the UK, Italy and Germany.. |
| Certificates | Certificates |
| Environment | The environmental goals, measures and emissions of Rauma Mill are reported in Botnia's Environmental balance sheet. |
History
- 1996 The mill goes on stream.
- In 1996, some 250 000 tonnes were produced.
- 1999 Production capacity was raised to 570 000 t/a, and the production exceeded 500 000 tonnesfor the first time.
- 2000 Merger of Metsä-Rauma and Botnia
- 2006 Rauma mill 10 years and the fifth million tonnes of pulp
- ECF bleached softwood pulp
