The European Forest Institute receives significant political support from Spain The European Forest Institute is increasing its expertise in support of policy-making. In the future, these activities will be managed from Barcelona. The Spanish state will finance the new office premises
Manufacturing of MirrorMax coating for Mesera The Japanese company Yamauchi Corp. is investing in the manufacturing of calender roll coatings for paper machines in Finland. Yamauchi is a Japanese conglomerate with a global production and customer service network. One of the focus areas is the manufacturing of calender roll coatings for paper machines.
The Forest Information Act increases the supply of forest services. The Forest Information Act, which will come into force at the beginning of 2012, makes it possible to extract forest owners' contact information from the Forest Information Centre's register for marketing purposes, if the forest owner does not
New FSC standard for Finnish forests UPM is applying for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification for its forests in Finland. At the same time, UPM is expanding its forest services by offering FSC certification to private forest owners. UPM's forests and
Tomi Salo appointed Director of Forestry and Environment of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation The Board of Directors of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation has appointed Tomi Salo, M.Sc. (Econ.), YTK, 36, as the organization's Director of Forestry and Environment, effective May 18.5.2011, XNUMX. Tomi Salo
Stora Enso wants to question old practices and innovate. The new mission is encapsulated in the word “rethink”.
Guidance for the sustainable use of natural resources Hannele Pokka, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Environment, does not accept Esa Härmälä's view that energy policy is subordinate to climate policy.
Does tax policy take into account the competitive situation? Taxation, also in the case of energy, falls within the purview of the Ministry of Finance. Leo Parkkonen, a negotiating official in the ministry's tax department, does not want to start talking about energy taxes and industry demands for a more effective energy tax cut. He reminds us of the starting point.
The competitive advantage brought by energy has narrowed. The forest industry wants fairness in the competitive landscape. One of its key goals for the post-election government program is to develop an energy tax cut so that Finnish industry's energy taxation would be reduced to the level of competitor countries.
Small miracles are expected from a sensor that senses the uniformity of the mass. The pilot of Numcore Oy's solution began in Veitsiluoto.