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Enocell Mill

Also known as Enocell Pulp Mill

OperatingStora Ensostoraenso.comID 00095

Enocell Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Joensuu, Finland, owned by Stora Enso. With a capacity of 630 000 tonnes per year it is the 9th largest of the 17 pulp mills in Finland with a recorded capacity, and it produced 427 515 tonnes of pulp in 2014.

Location and logistics

Location
Joensuu, Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi, Finland
Nearest port
Fredrikshamn (Hamina) · 307 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
No siding mapped
OpenStreetMap track way/338340519 ↗, 356 m from the site point. Method
Nearest railway
0.4 km
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
630 000 t/y pulp
Company figure for 2023
Production
427 515 t pulp
2014 · environmental report
Utilisation
68 %
Type
Kraft

Raw material and products

Fibre
BirchPineSpruce
Pulp grades
NBHKNBSKUKP
Also produces
ElectricityTall oil
Certifications
FSCPEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. expansion2023-08-07
    Andritz announced on 7 August 2023 an order to optimise the Enocell fibre line for more flexible production with lower chemical, water and energy use, scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2024 at a mill producing 630,000 tonnes of softwood and hardwood pulp per year.
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  2. expansion2022
    EUR 38 million investment in UKP production for flexible NBSK/UKP
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  3. conversion2021-04-06
    Stora Enso announced on 6 April 2021 that it would exit the dissolving pulp business globally and halt dissolving pulp production at the Enocell mill, which continues with other pulp grades.
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  1. conversion2017-10-26
    Stora Enso announced on 26 October 2017 an investment of 52 million euro to convert Enocell to produce only dissolving pulp, 430,000 tonnes per year, with softwood kraft pulp production to be phased out and completion in the second half of 2019.
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  2. curtailmentchanged capacity2009
    The mill was shut down from the end of March 2009 and production restarted at the beginning of November 2009, after the market situation improved through the summer. The stoppage explains the 2009 output of 161 167 tonnes against 540 000 to 655 000 tonnes in the preceding years.
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  3. expansion1992
    Following a 1988 decision to expand the mill for imported birch wood in a Finnish and Russian joint venture, the rebuilt mill started up in November 1992.
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  4. startup1967
    The Uimaharju pulp mill started operations in 1967 after construction that began in autumn 1963.
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Sources

  1. company website×3checked 2026-07-23
    storaenso.com ↗

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Nearby
Stora Enso Uimaharju· 0 kmNeova pellet plant Ilomantsi· 46 kmBinderholz Nordic Lieksa (Kevätniemi)· 46 kmLieksa Timber (Anaika)· 47 kmBinderholz Nordic Nurmes· 88 km

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