World-class lightweight coated boards with innovative technology Per Bülund, Vice President Technology & Projects, Stora Enso​ The renewable materials company – our target Everything that’s made with fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow 2 30 countries, 26,000 stories • A leading provider of renewable solutions • Some 26,000 employees in 30 countries • Sales in 2017: EUR 10.0 billion • Shares listed on Nasdaq in Helsinki and Stockholm 3 Portfolio aimed at growth + + + + Consumer Packaging Biomaterials – Wood Paper – Solutions – Strengthening Products – Board – Strategy for Selective current Accelerating Expansion of maximum profitable business and growth relative cash growth creating new market share generation in profitable profitable niches growth 4 Division Consumer Board 5 High quality board for premium consumer applications A broad range of solutions to fit customer demands 6 Consumer Board division Solutions, products and services Liquid Packaging Food Service Board General Packaging Cigarette Graphical Chocolate and Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals Food packaging Drinks, wines and confectionary luxury spirits 7 Replacing non-renewables with fiber-based solutions today and tomorrow • Cans, tins and glass jars for vegetables, soups, and pet food replaced by carton packaging • Plastics in food service and fast food packages replaced by paperboard materials • Plastic food trays replaced by fiber-based ones • Fossil polymers in laminates replaced by green polymers or micro fibrillated cellulose (MFC) film • In the future also − PET-bottled water replaced by beverage cartons − PET and glass bottles replaced by bottle-shaped beverage cartons 8 First cable top cartons from Natura Life by Stora Enso paperboard • Retain the natural brown colour of the wood fibres and has a visible fibre structure. • Genuinely different, sustainable and authentic package to meet demands of the growing trends in ethical, ecological and organic products. 9 Why build a greenfield mill in China? Growing Chinese board Unique location Access to forest land market Access to infrastructure Favorable economic zone State-of-the-art mill design 10 Beihai Mill Milestones SE announced Three Joint Acquired state June: NDRC Start-up of Start of PE Dec 9: BCTMP Polyethylene decision to Ventures set up land use and approval and Beihai Mill Coating Plant started (PE) coating build a world- construction start of BCTMP civil works line started May 24: Stock class consumer permits civil works on wire board and pulp mill in China May 26: Board on reel June 13: Received the Nov 15: Kicked approval from off mill MOFCOM and construction NDRC 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016.05. 2016.10. 2016.12. 2017.10. * MOFCOM: Ministry of Commerce * NDRC: National Development and Reform Commission * BCTMP Bleached Chemical Thermo-Mechanical Pulp * PE: Polyethylene 11 Beihai mill will be here 12 High safety standards under challenging circumstances 18.3 Million hours worked with only one recorded LTA A maximum of 5,500 persons on site at any given time Full PPE required when entering the site Tool box meeting prior to daily work commencement 13 Video 14 Project summary 85,000 hectares Auxiliary facilities Total project investment of EUR 1.6 Self-sufficiency of sustainable including power plant, in energy eucalyptus fresh water treatment, billion, excluding working capital and plantations effluent Treatment and existing investment managed by necessary Stora Enso infrastructure + 200,000 t/a 450,000 t/a Chemi thermo mechanical pulp state-of-the-art paperboard (CTMP) mill machine 15 Total area of site 175 ha Highest point: 120m 124 344 m³ concrete 80 000 documents 8 366 tons steel 3 gates 5 500 contractors on site 616, 097m² of buildings 800 000 m cable 120 208 m piping 16 Stora Enso BM 1 - A world-class liquid packaging board making line Grades: LPB, FBB, SBS, cupboard Basis weight: 180 – 330 g/m² Production speed: 1,000 m/min Width: reel / wire Reliability and stability Linear reel Integrated automation solutions to maximize mill’s 6,400 mm / 7,000 mm for first of it’s kind in Production: maximum production China profitability 1,833 t/d LPB 205 g/m² 1,843 t/d FBB 250 g/m² 17 BCTMP Plant Capacity 650 adt/d Hydraulic capacity 725 adt/d 18 Board mill milestones • May: Beihai Mill officially started up • April: 1st delivery of LPB • June: Inauguration seremony product • March: “ater resource saving company in • August: Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO14001, • November: design capacity Guangxi award OHSAS18001, FSSC22000, Food packaging 450,000 tons achieved certification, FSC chain-of-custody, PEFC and • June: Award of Eco- • December: the PE plant is th CFCC civilization in “13 China inaugurated. corporate social • November: BCTMP plant inaugurated. • Q4: EBITDA positive responsibility summit” • December: 1st commercial delivery in good according to the plan quality FBB product 2016 2017 2018 19 Beihai BM1 start-up curve Note: Design capacity exceeded within 17 months from start-up 20 Incidents and observations in 2018 YTD 21 Co-operation between Stora Enso and Valmet Board machine BCTMP • Great safety awareness by Valmet – one LTA on SE side. • One LTA with Valmet startup team. • Highly professional start/ramp up team pushing for mutual • Slow actions with problem solving. targets. • Performance guarantees not yet fulfilled. • Focused after start support agreed with Valmet. Good solutions. • Strong quality and productivity support from Valmet. • Continuous cooperation and follow up. 22 World class manufacturing at Beihai Mill 23 Major products of Beihai Mill FBB, Folding Box board, FSB, Food Service Board is Coated Unbleached Kraft Board for demanding cigarette made from bleached KarneoliTM packaging applications is chemical pulp and small made of bleached amount bleached CTMP chemical pulp and (10-15%). The board is Noodle Cup Board bleached CTMP. To polymer-coated and used Arctic ClamTM achieve the high quality for paper cup production for surface required pigment hot and cold beverages and General Packaging Board coating is applied. for food and non-food Arctic leopardTM packaging CUK (CKB), Coated LPB, Liquid Packaging Cup Stock Board Unbleached Kraft is Board is made from Sky FallTM bleached and mainly made of unbleached chemical unbleached chemical pulp. To achieve a white surface, Cigarette Board pulp and CTMP pulp. Koppar SilkTM LPB is polymer coated it may be coated with and/or alum foil- mineral pigments, laminated for long shelf sometimes in combination Liquid Packaging Board TM life beverages. with a layer of bleached SkyGuard fibers under this layer. 24 The Stora Enso Best Team Award for Beihai in 2017 and 2018 25 Beihai Mill today! 26.