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Publicerad: Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 - 10:27
Etiketter: Outdoor life & hunting
In the Läyliäinen village in Loppi, about an hour’s drive north-northwest of Helsinki, exceptionally many people know when a dog’s bark signals that it has located an elk. The local hunters’ association has arranged a Hunt Day for the village school sixth-graders for over 20 years. / Finnish Forest Association
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Publicerad: Monday, 4 November, 2019 - 13:55
Etiketter: Forestry
Metsä Wood, a Finnish engineered wood product company, has awarded the Estonian start-up Team 99 for its innovative design of a module that can be used to construct buildings of different sizes and shapes, at the same time reducing their overall carbon footprint. The module has been completely designed using Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) products – making the design fast, light and green. / Metsä Wood
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Publicerad: Monday, 4 November, 2019 - 13:54
Etiketter: Forestry
Metsä Wood, a Finnish engineered wood product company, has awarded the Estonian start-up Team 99 for its innovative design of a module that can be used to construct buildings of different sizes and shapes, at the same time reducing their overall carbon footprint. The module has been completely designed using Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) products – making the design fast, light and green. / Metsä Wood
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Publicerad: Monday, 21 October, 2019 - 11:11
Etiketter: The pulp and paper industry
Stora Enso plans to make organisational changes in the Paper division following the Oulu Mill conversion at the end of 2020. The planned changes could result in a reduction of a maximum of 135 employees in the Paper division. / Stora Enso
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Publicerad: Thursday, 26 September, 2019 - 14:50
Etiketter: Wood
The spruce trees grown in Jukka Heikkonen’s forest are soon to be used for building the Finnish Metsä Pavilion in Japan. During the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020, the stylish wooden pavilion will serve as a meeting point for the Finnish Olympic team. The use of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) elements enables fast, light and green construction. / Metsä Wood
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Publicerad: Friday, 30 August, 2019 - 10:00
Etiketter: Forestry
Good forest management involves choosing a harvesting method that suits the characteristics of the forest compartment and the needs of the forest owner. Clearcutting and continuous-cover harvesting are not the only methods. / Finnish Forest Association
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Publicerad: Thursday, 22 August, 2019 - 11:59
Etiketter: Forestry
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, is hoping for facts and realism in the climate debate – excessive measures may play into the hands of the populists. / Finnish Forest Association
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Publicerad: Monday, 1 July, 2019 - 08:58
Etiketter: Woodfuels
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, will start the preparatory work as a part of the pre-engineering at the Kemi mill area during July 2019. Preparatory work means the cleaning and organisation of land areas and the demolition of buildings. / Metsä
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Publicerad: Thursday, 27 June, 2019 - 14:29
Etiketter: Forestry
“It is important to understand that forest use should be assessed comprehensively in terms of economic, ecological and social sustainability,” said Janez Potočnik, the new chair of the European Forest Institute (EFI) science policy platform, ThinkForest. / forest.fi
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Publicerad: Monday, 29 April, 2019 - 16:25
Etiketter: Wood
The wooden Metsä Pavilion is to be used by Finnish athletes and companies during the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020. The building will be made entirely from Metsä Wood’s Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) elements. This pavilion is an example of innovative architecture based on industrially manufactured wooden elements. The pavilion has been designed by world-renowned Finnish architect Pekka Helin from Helin & Co Architects. The pavilion will be built by Metsä Group in collaboration with Business Finland. / MetsäWood
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