Metsä Group’s 300 million euro LVL factory to start up in the autumn

Production at Metsä Group's new Äänekoski Kerto LVL mill will start in the autumn. The three hundred million euro investment will employ approximately one hundred and thirty people. The majority of the factory's production is exported. The annual production capacity is one hundred and sixty thousand cubic meters. “The use of wood in construction is increasing. A few years ago, we decided to increase our LVL production capacity by about fifty percent,” says  Jussi Noponen, Division Director at Metsä Wood . Kerto LVL is a product used in the construction industry and is made by gluing ...

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