Fire at Kotkamills’ sawmill was detected at 3:45 in a debarker machine. In-house fire-fighters and municipal fire-fighters opened the machine and extinguished the fire.
No one was injured. According to preliminary estimates, the damage will be a few tens of thousands of euros and sawmill production is expected to start tomorrow.This was a rather small fire with limited impacts. More detailed information will be available in the afternoon. The production at the paper and board machines was not affected.
Contact information:
Markku Hämäläinen, CEO, Kotkamills Oy
tel. +358 40 721 0548
email [email protected]
About Kotkamills
Kotkamills, located in Finland, is an experienced and responsible global partner, manufacturing innovative products created from wood, a renewable natural resource. Our range of sustainable products includes food-safe consumer boards, the high-quality saturating base kraft paper Absorbex®, and ecological wood products. The fully recyclable AEGLE® and ISLA® boards, produced since 2016, were complemented in 2018 with water-based dispersion barriers, replacing plastics used in packaging and food service applications. All our products are environmentally friendly, recyclable and safe to use.
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