Timber customer magazine 2022/2023

Timber is Metsä Fibre's magazine for timber customers, spanning the entire value chain of sawn goods. Articles in the latest edition explore Rauma sawmill, developments in timber construction and the use of wood for interiors.


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Contents
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Greetings: On a shared path towards industrial efficiency
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World of timber: About sawn timber and our business in brief
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Sustainability: We are reaching our sustainability goals faster than expected
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Updates from CEO: Aiming at sustainable and profitable growth together with our customers
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Made of timber: Wood is a trending material in interior finishing. What makes it so popular?
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Cooperation: Kalevi Huhtala Oy views its role as an extension of the customer’s production
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Innovations & investments: Our Future Sawmill concept is blazing a trail for the whole sawmill industry
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In detail: A fully grown pine tree contains one cubic metre of timber
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Sustainable solutions: Architect Michael Green is a prominent advocate of wood building
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Timber market: Fluctuations in sawn timber prices remain possible in the future
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Our customer Kurikka Timber favours Finnish pine as its raw material
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Why Nordic wood: The short growing season impacts the structure of the Nordic conifer
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How we serve you: Technical Customer Service supports our sawmill customers’ operations
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Rauma sawmill: Our Rauma sawmill is the most advanced sawmill in the world
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How we serve you: Timber Marketplace offers an even better online shopping experience
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Sustainable forestry: Nurturing the nature values of forests is an important part of Finnish forest management
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Our customer: Rose Group builds its business relations on trust
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Regional focus: In the Alpine region, wood building is a tradition dating back centuries
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Our operations: Nemus Futurum showcases sustainable forest management with experiences
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Influencer: The breakthrough of wood construction is closer than before, says architect Pekka Heikkinen
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Perspective: In sawn timber sales everything is based on forecasting
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Our operations: Industrial wood building in Rauma sawmill and Kemi bioproduct mill projects
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Professional: Timo Tuomela is planning the Rauma sawmill production line
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Metsä Fibre: Key figures for our sawmills and operations
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Back cover
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