Contents METSÄ FIBRE CUSTOMER MAGAZINE
EDITORIAL
PAGE 4
READING MANUAL
PAGE 5
WORLD OF FIBRE Pulp news, industry trends and intresting facts about Metsä Fibre’s latest projects.
PAGES 6–9
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY For the past 40 years, the forests of Finnish Vanha-Pälsilä farm have been managed by Matti Eerola. Now his children are taking over with the help of Metsä Group’s Forest Management Specialists.
PAGES 10–17
A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, PAGES 25–29
PROBLEM SOLVER Professor Tekla Tammelin
NEW REGULATIONS CREATE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES The EU ban on single-use plastics creates a growth in demand for paper- based packaging. Susanne Oste, VP of Innovation and Sustainability at Sappi shares her insight.
studies the uses of cellulose. Tammelin is a star in her field, and her enthusiasm is infectious.
PAGES 36–41
PAGES 44–45
A CHAIR FOR BETTER SCHOOL DAYS A wood-based biocomposite is perfect for a chair.
PLASTIC BECAME A PROBLEM Plastic has become a problem to which we are trying to find a solution. Wood is one of the most promising replacements.
PAGES 42–43
PAGES 18–24
A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE Investments in the Kemi bioproduct mill and the Rauma sawmill, in Finland, would strengthen Metsä Fibre’s competitiveness.
PAGES 25–29
CHINA’S CARDBOARD MARKET IS CHANGING Sun Paper Group’s Chairman, Hongxin Li, has a solid strategy to make his company thrive in the situa- tion that is changing.
THE COMPETITION OVER FIBRE The pulp market will be shaped by new investments, corporate acquisi- tions and China’s fibre shortage.
PAGES 30–35
PAGES 46–49
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