The plant should be completed by autumn 2005 and will employ 65 staff.
It will mainly produce pulp for the firms papermaking plants outside Finland, while M-reals Joutseno BCTMP plant will service its Finnish mills.
The Kaskinen plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tonnes a year and will use 800,000m3 of softwood and hardwood annually.
M-reals Zanders mills in Germany Gohrsmhle mill in Bergisch Gladbach and Reflex mill in Dren have both been certified as having fully integrated management and environmental management systems.
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