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21 May 202520 May 2025

Metsä Group and Amcor partner to develop recyclable food packaging

The collaboration aims to leverage both companies' expertise in innovative packaging technologies to create cycle-ready products that meet the growing demand for sustainable alternatives

Metsä und Amcor – Kooperation bei faserbasierten Verpackungen

Durch die Kombination des von Metsä Spring entwickelten Holzfaserformprodukts Muoto mit einem fortschrittlichen Hochbarriere-Folien-Liner und der Deckeltechnologie von Amcor soll die Partnerschaft innovative Lebensmittelverpackungen auf Faserbasis liefern, die verderbliche Lebensmittel schützen und die Haltbarkeit verlängern

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

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