The planned annual production will be about 750,000 cubic meters of pine sawn goods. In terms of technology and efficiency, it will be a pioneer in the world. The use of machine vision and artificial intelligence at different stages of the sawmill process is a major innovation, and similar technology is not yet used anywhere else in the sawmill industry.
FinScan Oy supplies Rauma with state-of-the-art systems for measuring sawn timber to three different plants. BoardMaster NOVA-N GS4-220 quality systems for both green sorting plants, as well as BoardMaster NOVA-N FS4-220 quality system with MoistSpy-4 moisture meter for dry sorting plant. The measuring systems are scaled so that each of them can scan and optimize more than 200 pieces of sawn timber per minute. The deliveries include comprehensive software packages.
- Metsä Fibre and FinScan have been cooperating on sawn timber quality grading systems for a long time, and the supply agreement now signed strengthens clearly our position as the world’ s leading player in its field, says Allan Flink, President and CEO of FinScan Oy.
- The agreement is a continuation of a long-term partnership. FinScan’s quality systems meet our goals for safety, efficiency, reliability and quality – we will continue this development work together, says Harri Haapaniemi, project director of Metsä Fibre Rauma sawmill project.
For more information:
Metsä Fibre Rauma sawmill project, project director Harri Haapaniemi, tel. +358 500 361 632
Metsä Fibre Rauma sawmill
The value of Metsä Fibre Rauma sawmill investment is approximately EUR 200 million and the new unit’s annual production is approximately 750,000 cubic meters of pine sawn timber. The sawmill to be built will be a pioneer in the world in terms of technology and efficiency. The sawmill directly employs about 100 people in Finland and about 500 people in the entire direct value chain. The employment effects of the construction phase of the sawmill are estimated at about 1,500 person-years. The annual use of logs procured from Finland at the sawmill is about 1.5 million cubic meters. New sawn timber production is mainly sold to Europe and Asia.
Metsä Fibre
Metsä Fibre is a leading manufacturer of bioproducts, biochemicals and bioenergy. The company is the world’s largest producer of market pulp and a major player in the production of sawn timber. In 2019, Metsä Fibre net sales were EUR 2.2 billion, and the company employs about 1,300 people. Metsä Fibre is part of the Metsä Group.
