Metsa Group Oyj Appoints Ilkka Hämälä as President and CEO, Effective 1 April 2018

Metsä Board Oyj is a leading European cardboard and paper producer. Net sales break down by product family as follows: - packaging cardboard (59%): for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food products and cigarettes; - white kraftliner (24%). The group also provides office paper and special papers (papers for printing magazines, catalogues, art books, advertising materials, etc.); - pulp (13%); - other (4%). At the end of 2023, the group had 8 production sites located in Finland (7) and Sweden. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Finland (4.6%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (61.8%), the United States (22.3%), America (4.3%) and Asia/Pacific (7%).