The new combined company will become one of the world’s largest specialty paper companies with strong market positions in attractive market segments. “The clear strategic fit between the merging businesses, both with specialty paper as their core business, will serve as a platform for continued growth. It will lead to strengthened competitiveness and efficiency and bring added growth opportunities to the company, organically as well as strategically”, says Jan Åström, president and CEO of Munksjö Oyj.