Today at the factory

Tero Nevalainen looks towards the camera.

The paper mill attracted people to the industry

In his office at Sappi Paper Mill in Kirkniemi, Lohja, Tero Nevalainen says that since he was a child he has been used to seeing the Kirkniemi mill from the car window as he drives past it. Nevalainen is from Lohjansaari, a few kilometers

Mikko Syrjäläinen supervises the arrival of peeled and cut wood, its rounding and the creation of veneer.

Mikko Syrjäläinen: I could retire from here.

This is roughly what Mikko Syrjäläinen told development engineer Juhana Hirn when he started work at the UPM Pellos mill in Mikkeli in August 2024. Mikko, who had been driving a taxi for 26 years, had heard from his customers