7 March 20251 March 2025 Metsä Group starts pre-engineering of Kuura textile fibre mill The pre-engineering of the Kuura mill is expected to continue until the summer of 2026
11 November 202411 November 2024 Adsorbi expands its product portfolio to cellulose-based air freshener for homes, designed to remove air pollutants and odors Made from sustainably harvested Nordic wood, Adsorbi’s cellulose-based air freshener is a longer-lasting alternative to conventional odor-removal products like activated carbon. As it expands its product portfolio, the company is now scaling up its commercial sales
4 October 202427 September 2024 Metsä Group begins pre-commercial sales of Muoto products Metsä Group is making its Muoto products available for pre-commercial sale, a significant milestone in the development of the business opportunity
Nachhaltige Verpackungslösungen: Metsä bringt holzbasierte Verpackungsmarke Muoto auf den Markt Metsä Spring, das Innovationsunternehmen der Metsä Group, beginnt den Verkauf von Muoto, einer neuen holzbasierten Verpackungslösung. Muoto soll Sicherheit, Langlebigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit kombinieren
11 April 202410 April 2024 Metsä Group starts pre-engineering project for Muoto™ wood fibre packaging products The technology applied in Muoto products converts wet wood pulp into 3-dimensional packages
5 January 202421 December 2023 Metsä Group invests in startup FineCell that produces pulp-based materials for beauty, healthcare, and paint products Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring consists of a group of investors, including EIT InnoEnergy and the company’s founder
15 June 202313 June 2023 Brand new fibre-based Muoto® gift packaging The innovative Muoto 3D inner packaging and a box made of Metsä Board’s folding boxboard encase Fiskars ReNew scissors made of recycled material
16 February 202314 February 2023 Metsä Spring leads funding round in Fiberwood to make insulation and packaging fossil free This Finnish startup upcycles side streams of the mechanical wood industry to create 100% ecological and recyclable insulation and packaging materials that are free from fossil-based materials
29 September 202226 September 2022 Innomost is among top 4 hottest startups in Finland Finnish circular economy pioneer, Innomost has raised additional €1M investment in bridge funding to take the global growth plan to the next level
27 April 202221 April 2022 Creating a sustainable Finnish textile industry with bio-based and recycled fibres The Telavalue project continues the line of previous projects of the Telaketju network and have promoted the creation of a Finnish circular economy of textiles
23 March 202218 March 2022 Novel 3D wood fibre products tackle climate change and plastic challenges Success story: 3D wood fibre production line for Valmet
30 November 202125 November 2021 Sustainable feedstock for an ethical fashion industry Despite other issues, manufacturers see a clear route to better environmental performance in cellulose-based textiles
11 October 202111 October 2021 Does your innovation have what it takes for the innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2022”? International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022, 2-3 February in Cologne, Germany and online – Call for Innovations – Six nominees will get the chance to present their unique products
4 February 20219 September 2021 Stora Enso from Sweden wins the innovation award “Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2021” with new cellulose foam for packaging They are followed by Kelheim Fibres from Germany with high-quality hygiene products made of cellulose and Metsä Spring from Finland with an innovative cellulose fibre production process
8 January 20218 January 2021 2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Online event Cellulose fibres are the fastest growing fibre group in textiles, the largest investment sector in the bio-based economy, and a solution to avoid microplastics
6 January 202118 December 2020 Opportunities in fiber-based food packaging Production capacity of paper food packaging in Europe has been trending higher annually since 2013
15 December 202015 December 2020 Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2021: One of six nominated new technologies or applications will be awarded this title! From cellulose-based foam for packaging over plastic-free menstrual pads to EMI shielding materials, the nominated six applications can help build a sustainable economy
5 March 20205 March 2020 Metsä Spring and Valmet announce collaboration to develop a new wood-based product as alternative to fossil-based materials The joint project focuses on fine-tuning properties of the new environmentally-friendly material
20 August 201912 August 2019 Metsä Spring invests in Woodio, leader in waterproof wood composite technology Woodio’s proprietary technology enables the valorisation of Metsä Group’s underutilised side-streams into long-lived, value-added products
31 May 201928 May 2019 How companies across Europe are creating sustainable products using no fossil fuels European Union is planning to invest another 10 billion euros in Bioeconomy research by 2027
24 October 201819 October 2018 Metsä Group and Itochu establish a joint venture that builds an industrial demo plant to produce wood-based textile fibres The new technology to be studied and further developed in the demo project is based on direct dissolution using a novel solvent for the pulp dissolution stage