Contents
Greetings On a shared path towards industrial efficiency page 4
World of timber About sawn timber and our business in brief pages 5–7
Sustainability We are reaching our sustainability goals faster than expected page 8
Updates from CEO Aiming at sustainable and profitable growth together with our customers page 9 Made of timber Wood is a trending material in interior finishing. What makes it so popular? pages 10–17
Wood is once again a popular material in interior decoration, pages 10–17
Innovations & investments Our Future Sawmill concept is blazing a trail for the whole sawmill industry pages 20–24
Cooperation Kalevi Huhtala Oy views its role as an extension of the customer’s production pages 18–19
In detail A fully grown pine tree contains one cubic metre of timber page 25
Visiting Nemus Futurum, you can smell the forest and learn about forest management, pages 64–67
Sustainable solutions Architect Michael Green is a prominent advocate of wood building pages 26–27
Timber market Fluctuations in sawn timber prices remain possible in the future pages 28–31
Our customer Kurikka Timber favours Finnish pine as its raw material pages 32–33
Why Nordic wood The short growing season impacts the structure of the Nordic conifer pages 34–35
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