30 May 201825 May 2018 Metsä Group establishes an innovation company and plans to build a demo plant in Äänekoski, Finland for the production of textile fibres The first concept to be included into Metsä Spring’s portfolio is the new textile fibre production method developed by Metsä Fibre
14 May 20189 May 2018 Metsä Group launches a prefeasibility study on renewal of Kemi pulp mill Prefeasibility study to examine in particular the availability of wood raw material and the potential of Kemi's industrial infrastructure and logistic connections
Metsä Fibre prüft Umbau des Zellstoffwerks Kemi Machbarkeitsstudie will sich besonders mit Fragen zur Holzversorgung, der Logistik und der industriellen Infrastruktur in Kemi befassen
15 March 201813 March 2018 Zaha Hadid Architects joins Open Source Wood Pioneering open innovation project aimed at facilitating knowledge sharing and growth in modular wood construction
26 February 201822 February 2018 Brainstorming the Bioeconomy’s Future and Welcoming 56 New Members at BIC’s General Assembly At the event, representatives of the BBI JU Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) also presented their projects to industry members
15 February 201815 February 2018 Bioeconomy: A global trend? More work is needed to realize bioeconomy's potential as a climate solution
3 November 201715 February 2018 Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill inaugurated in Äänekoski With a cost of EUR 1.2 billion, mill is the largest investment in the history of the Finnish forest industry
5 September 201715 February 2018 EU funding for Metsä Fibre’s long-term development projects Long-term development projects aim to prove the commercial viability of new technologies to produce lignin-based products and pulp-based textile fibres, bark as a replacement for coal
25 August 201715 February 2018 Metsä Group started up its bioproduct mill Pulp deliveries from the new mill to customers will begin in early September 2017
6 July 201729 June 2017 Start-up of Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill to begin in August 2017 The new wastewater treatment plant has already started up with wastewater from the Äänekoski integrated mill site
29 June 201727 June 2017 Metsä Wood launches Open Source Wood Initiative A pioneering open innovation project to accelerate growth in large scale wood construction
Metsä Wood bringt ‚Open Source Wood‘ auf den Weg Ein bahnbrechendes Open-Innovation-Projekt, das das Wachstum im groß angelegten Holzbau beschleunigen soll
12 June 20179 June 2017 Metsä Group softwood pulp to be used in LG’s loudspeakers Aqvacomp’s new production facility will be starting up at the Rauma pulp mill in autumn
11 April 201730 March 2017 An interview with Marc Palahi, director of EFI: An ambitious bioeconomy strategy is needed In this exclusive interview, Marc Palahi talks about bioeconomy and circular economy, Brexit and Donald Trump, the role of mass media and much more
29 November 201626 November 2016 Commission official: ‘Bioeconomy is a unique opportunity to address societal challenges’ EurActiv Slovakia talked to the Commission’s John Bell about the issue
8 July 20167 July 2016 Metsä Wood launches a EUR 100 million investment programm Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 8 June 2016 at 11.30 EET
2 June 20161 June 2016 ETLA confirms the strong impact of the Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill on Finnish economy According to ETLA’s calculations, mill will generate value added of nearly 12 billion euro in Finland
11 April 20167 April 2016 9th Intl Conference on Bio-based Materials – Day 1 Policy and markets, bio-based building blocks and biorefineries
6 April 20165 April 2016 Finland hopes for new growth from shrunken forest industry UPM's new biofuels plant offers long-awaited growth and hope
16 March 201617 March 2016 Get in touch with the whole value chain of the PHA platform One of the most important and well established meeting points for the European Bio-based Economy
14 March 201615 February 2018 Metsä Group leads the Finnish bioeconomy Metsä Group is building the world’s first next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski
11 March 20168 March 2016 Metsä Group’s Sustainability report 2015 has been published Wood products from northern forests
3 February 201629 January 2016 Jukka Kantola talks to Il Bioeconomista. An interview on Finnish bioeconomy Interview by Mario Bonaccorso
16 September 201512 September 2015 Benjamin Gonzalez talks to Il Bioeconomista. An interview with the CEO of METEX Company's innovations are based on industrial fermentation processes and designed to provide new ways of producing chemicals
27 August 201526 August 2015 Ilkka Hämälä talks to Il Bioeconomista. An interview with the CEO of Metsä Fibre Interview with the CEO of Metsä Fibre, a world leading producer of softwood pulp and one of the main player of the bioeconomy in the European Union
19 June 201518 June 2015 EIB supports a new Finnish next-generation bio-product mill The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Metsäliitto Cooperative signed last Friday a EUR 75 million loan agreement for the construction of a new large-scale bio-product mill in Finland (Äänekoski)
15 June 201512 June 2015 EuropaBio and Smithers Rapra confirm agenda for 8th edition of EFIB Themes to range from inspiring new business models, circular economy and creation of markets, issues of financing and funding in addition to the availability of feedstocks, and update on the status and outlook of biobased industries
2 December 20141 December 2014 Prosweets Cologne: 2015 mit Schwerpunkt Verpackung Zahlreiche Unternehmen zeigen Lösungen und Technologien für die Produkte von morgen
17 September 201416 September 2014 Revival of softwood fiber-based forest industry in the Nordic countries with investments of 3 billion dollars in pulp, bio energy and bio-materials Forest companies in Northern Europe have announced plans to investment three billion dollars in 2014 in attempt to move beyond mostly producing newsprint and commodity packaging grades
25 April 201416 June 2014 Metsä Group plans to build a next-generation bio-product mill in Finland New mill to increase the consumption of fibre wood in Finland by approximately 4 million cubic metres per year
11 July 2013 Swedish project aims to produce bio-oil from pulp mill black liquor lignin Biorefinery R&D project number 100 has now started in the Swedish Processum cluster
14 January 2013 Metsä Group joins international Biobased Industries Consortium European industry forms consortium to push biobased agenda
27 February 2012 19 Paper Giants disclose their footprint WWF Environmental Paper Company Index- a rating of paper producers on their global footprint