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SCA Appoints Petteri Kalela as the New Manager of Containerboard and Pulp Businesses

18 November 2024

SCA has appointed Petteri Kalela as new manager of the business areas Containerboard and Pulp and member of the group management, effective no later than June 1, 2025. He succeeds Mats Nordlander, who will leave SCA at the turn of the year.

During the transition period from the turn of the year until Kalela takes office, President and CEO Ulf Larsson will function as head of the Containerboard and Massa business areas.

Kalela has extensive experience in the forest industry and has held several leading business roles in Europe and Asia.

"Petteri Kalela will be a valuable addition to SCA's group management and as head of the business areas Containerboard and Pulp," said SCA's President and CEO, Ulf Larsson. "We look forward to welcoming him in the first half of 2025."

From 1996 and 2023, Kalela worked for UPM in various roles in production, sales, supply chain and in leading positions in Europe, as well as five years as head of UPM Specialty Paper in China. Since 2023, he held the position of Senior Vice President at Huhtamaki Fiber & Food Service Europe.

Kalela holds a civil engineering degree from the Helsinki University of Technology and a master's degree from the Helsinki School of Economics.

With headquarters in Sundsvall, Sweden, SCA offers packaging paper, pulp, wood products, renewable energy, services for forest owners and efficient transport solutions.

Source: Paperage