We act as an impartial expert between the measuring equipment supplier and its customer,” says CEO Henna Karlsson. Finland needs companies like Prometec Solutions Oy from Kajaani in the transformation of the bioeconomy. The process industry expert company is
Construction work on Wood City, a wooden block rising in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, will begin this year. The block will include an 8-story hotel, an office building and two residential apartment buildings – all made of wood. Wooden apartment buildings are rising in Finland
Aalto University researchers Anne Michud and Michael Hummel have participated in the development of Ioncell cellulose fiber, which replaces cotton and viscose. Jussi Pesonen, Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation and CEO of UPM, has
Fiber line at Fibria's factory in Brazil. Andritz will supply a similar fiber line to Klabin in Brazil. The large orders received by the Austrian technology group Andritz Group in Brazil and Indonesia also mean good news for the group in Finland.
By-products from the label industry can be reused in the manufacture of other products. Forestry giants are seeking to make their products and production processes more ecological through resource efficiency.
Tomi Erho, the head of The Active Paper Company, believes that he is actually in the experience business. The idea of combining paper and biotechnology crept into the thoughts of Tomi Erho, a researcher at VTT at the time, as early as 2006.
The Finnish Biofore concept car, recently presented at the Geneva International Motor Show, tests the potential of renewable biomaterials in the automotive industry and transportation.
The bioeconomy has potential, but it still has a long way to go before it becomes a large and profitable business.
Valmet's future CEO Pasi Laine believes in the future demand for pulp and bioenergy. "This will continue to be a very good industry." CEO Pasi Laine believes that resource allocation will bring growth,
Stora Enso trainee Mikko Koskinen has been familiar with the paper industry since his summer internships. “I have worked at the Anjalankoski and Myllykoski paper mills, among others, and after graduation at Kemira’s R&D Center.” Stora