Partnership agreement with Metsä Board Simpele on design cooperation

Comatec Process and Automation Oy (formerly Comatec Automation Oy), part of the Comatec Group, has signed an agreement for engineering design co-operation concerning the Metsä Board Simpele board mill maintenance. The co-operation has started in August 2024.

Metsä Board Simpele board mill, established in 1986 in south-east Finland, manufactures for example produces high-quality lightweight folding boxboard for packaging end uses such as foodstuffs and frozen foods as well as medical products.

We are providing engineering services for maintenance-type engineering activities, such as process design as well as mechanical, electrical and instrumentation design. We also participate in the design collaboration for fire detection systems, building automation design, maintenance of the client’s ERP system and documentation management system, among others.

– We have been working together for a number of years, so both parties are very familiar with each other’s working methods. In order to streamline the multi-stage planning process, a new model of collaborative planning was developed together to best respond to rapidly changing needs both now and in the future, says Comatec’s Senior Advisor Tero Kosonen, who has long been involved in Metsä Board’s cooperation and operational development.

In this context, a major change was made to the approach to cross-cutting planning cooperation. The contract covers the overall design of maintenance type projects, with a contracted capacity of experts at the customer’s disposal to meet the needs of Metsä Board’s Simpele board mill. Our new model makes it easy for the customer to use the design capacity, with the advantage of flexible use of additional capacity when needs and situations change.

– As a familiar partner, we bring additional know-how, efficiency and swiftness to the implementation of the assignment. Our wide range of services offer flexible assistance for the implementation and planning of major investment-type projects, says Sales Director Tapio Ritvonen.

More information:

Tapio Ritvonen, Sales Director, tapio.ritvonen@comatec.fi, +358 50 414 7674