​Universities and research institutions are important partners in innovation and product development processes. Cooperation is a two-way street that benefits both parties.

​In Europe, a comfortable garden with a patio is an essential part of a functional home. The trend is also catching on in the Nordic countries. The garden has become something people want to invest in.

​Glulam beams are used extensively by the Japanese building construction industry. Flexibility and durability make them ideal for earthquake-prone areas.

​Metsä Fibre mills hold a daily morning meeting to get an overview of the situation at the mill. The meetings play an important role in mill management.

​In 2020, all Metsä Fibre sawmills and pulp mills began deploying the 5S method. It is a methodology for steering daily work that gradually turns common, proven practices into standardised operating methods. Work becomes faster, more efficient and more meaningful.

​One of China’s top papermakers, Bohui Paper, sees new opportunities in the shift away from plastic. It credits Metsä Fibre with inspiring its pre-sale and post-sale service.

​The traditional architecture of Japan employs the wooden post and beam structure. This construction method is used in everything from small homes and tea ceremony houses to large temples and shrines.

​Pile driving and earthworks are nearly complete at Metsä Fibre’s Kemi bioproduct mill. The installation of concrete elements, laying of ground slabs and mechanical installations are widely underway. As spring progresses, more and more of the site will move to the installation phase.

​The Rauma sawmill is preparing for its production test run. The buildings of the world’s most modern sawmill have been completed, installations are progressing swiftly, and systems are being tested. The production test run will begin in the spring, and production will start up in the third quarter.

​Turkish tissue paper producers are ramping up production and buying increasing amounts of pulp on the international market. Alongside domestic consumption, exports of tissue products to the neighbouring region are growing steeply.

Automated loading at Metsä Fibre’s Rauma sawmill is a first for the sawmill industry. Conventional forklift loading will become obsolete when packages of sawn timber pass through packaging and dispatch for loading onto trucks without human contact. 

​Nordic wood is crucial for the quality-driven construction boom in Saudi Arabia.

​For more than 50 years, Timo Teräs has worked as a market researcher and consultant in the forest and pulp industries. Today he is focused on the vital solutions that that support sustainable development.

Metsä Group’s objective is that all its production side streams will be utilised 100 per cent as either materials or energy. 

Metsä Fibre, as part of Metsä Group, implements a large-scale ethics barometer survey. The goal of the survey is to study how the personnel feel the company’s Code of Conduct is being implemented in practice. 

Metsä Fibre, like the whole of Metsä Group, has the target of preventing all accidents. Safety is the most important part of professional skills at Metsä Fibre. We want to ensure that every Metsä Fibre employee and the employees of our partners are able to return from work healthy. 

Metsä Fibre’s objective is to reduce the use of process water at its pulp mills by 25 per cent per product tonne from the 2018 level by 2030, in line with the Group-wide target. 

Metsä Group’s objective is that it will no longer use any fossil fuels in its production by 2030 and will therefore not produce any fossil carbon dioxide emissions.

Metsä Fibre’s goal is that all its suppliers will operate according to the environmental, social and economic responsibility requirements jointly set at Metsä Group by 2030. 

Metsä Fibre’s objective is that 100 per cent of the raw materials used in its production would be traceable. The main raw material used in production is, of course, wood. Metsä Fibre, like the whole Metsä Group, knows the origin of the wood it uses. 

​An essential part of Metsä Fibre’s unique bioproduct mill concept is the creation of industrial ecosystems.

​The Metsä Svir sawmill in northwest Russia is a state-of-the-art production site, but timber innovation in this corner of Europe dates back centuries.

​Metsä Group’s objective is that all the raw materials it uses in its products will be fossil-free by 2030.