Normal production ät Äänekoski mill restarted in early May.“Demand for sustainable packaging made from fresh forest fibers continues to be strong, and we have responded by increasing the availability of our cartonboards,” says Olli Mäki, Vice President Cartonboard Sales, Metsä Board.An additional project to increase cartonboard sheeting capability is also underway at ?änekoski, converting the facility released by closure of the paper machine at the site. This will be finalized in the autumn.The ?änekoski board machine rebuild is part of Metsä Board’s paperboard investment program 2011–2012, aimed at improving availability and service. Under this program, the Simpele mill rebuild was successfully finalized in June last year and the Kyro mill rebuild in December 2011. The program also included the improvement of the Kemi linerboard mill’s coating operations. Further investment continues with the building of a new biopower plant next to the Kyro mill, for completion in the autumn this year, to replace fossil natural gas with carbon neutral bioenergy.