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Kymi Mill

UPM Kymi · also known as UPM Kymi pulp mill, Kuusankoski mill

OperatingUPM-Kymmene OyjUPMupmpulp.comID 00186

Kymi Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Kouvola, Finland, owned by UPM. With a capacity of 870 000 tonnes per year it is the 4th largest of the 17 pulp mills in Finland with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location
Kouvola, Etelä-Suomi, Finland
Nearest port
Fredrikshamn (Hamina) · 48 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
Own siding
Verified by satellite 2026-10-01
OpenStreetMap track way/1427719158 ↗, 66 m from the site point. Method
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
870 000 t/y pulp
Company figure for 2024
Paper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
Production
Not reported
Type
Kraft

Raw material and products

Fibre
BirchPineSpruce
Pulp grades
NBHKNBSK
Paper products
Fine PaperOffice paperSpecialty Paper
Also produces
ElectricityLigninTall oilTurpentine
Certifications
FSCPEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. curtailment2024
    Temporary curtailment from September 23, ~3 weeks, market conditions
    Source ↗
  2. other2021
    In November 2021 the mill increased the electric filter capacity of its lime kiln and modernised the filter automation to cut particulate emissions, as part of a 22 million euro environmental programme across the Finnish pulp mills.
    Source ↗
  3. expansion2016-01-12
    The expanded Kymi pulp mill was inaugurated on 12 January 2016 after a 160 million euro investment that raised annual pulp capacity from 530,000 to 700,000 tonnes and included a new debarking plant, a modernised softwood fibre line and a new pulp drying machine.
    Source ↗
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  1. startup1964
    Production began in 1964 in the Kuusanniemi area that forms the present mill site.
    Source ↗
  2. founded1872
    Kymmene Aktiebolag was established in February 1872 and began building a pulp and paper mill by the Kymijoki river at Kuusankoski.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. company websitechecked 2026-07-23
    upmpaper.com ↗
  2. company websitechecked 2026-09-23
    upmpulp.com ↗
  3. otherchecked 2026-10-01
    openstreetmap.org ↗

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Largest in Finland
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Nearby
Kouvolan Saha· 6 kmAnjalankoski Mills· 24 kmTiaisen Saha· 43 kmHeinola Fluting Mill· 43 kmVersowood Vierumäki· 44 km

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