Pietarsaari Mill
UPM Pietarsaari · also known as UPM Pietarsaari pulp mill
OperatingUPM-Kymmene OyjUPMupmpulp.comID 00254
Pietarsaari Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Jakobstad, Finland, owned by UPM. With a capacity of 800 000 tonnes per year it is the 5th largest of the 17 pulp mills in Finland with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Jakobstad, Länsi-Suomi, Finland
- Nearest port
- Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) · 4.3 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Own quay
- Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) · 4.3 km
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-01OpenStreetMap track way/446542726 ↗, 96 m from the site point. Method
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 800 000 t/y pulpCompany figure for 2024
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Kraft
Raw material and products
Also produces
Certifications
FSCPEFC
History and sources
Timeline
- curtailment2026Temporary curtailment planned October 2026 (production/wood supply optimization)Source ↗
- other2022In the spring 2022 maintenance shutdown the bleaching processes of both production lines were renewed to cut chemical consumption and the load on the effluent treatment plant, part of a 22 million euro environmental programme across the Finnish pulp mills.Source ↗
- ownership change1988Wilh. Schauman Oy was merged into Kymmene in 1988, and the Pietarsaari operations became part of UPM-Kymmene from 1996.Source ↗
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- ownership change1960The pulp company Ab Jakobstads Cellulosa, Pietarsaaren Selluloosa Oy was incorporated into Wilh. Schauman Oy in 1960.Source ↗
- startup1935A sulphite pulp mill built at Alholma in Pietarsaari in 1934 started production in 1935 under the separate company Ab Jakobstads Cellulosa, Pietarsaaren Selluloosa Oy.Source ↗
- expansion-During the 1960s Schauman added a sulphate pulp mill and a paper mill at the Pietarsaari site, laying the foundation of the present mill complex.Source ↗
Sources
- newschecked 2026-07-23modernpowersystems.com ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-09-23upmpulp.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-01openstreetmap.org ↗
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