{"id":65683,"date":"2019-08-20T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T04:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2019%2F08%2F05%2Fmetsa-spring-invested-in-woodio-a-developer-of-waterproof-wood-composite-products%2F"},"modified":"2019-08-12T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T17:03:15","slug":"metsae-spring-invests-in-woodio-leader-in-waterproof-wood-composite-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/metsae-spring-invests-in-woodio-leader-in-waterproof-wood-composite-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Spring invests in Woodio, leader in waterproof wood composite technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation company Mets\u00e4 Spring Ltd has made an equity investment in Woodio Ltd, a leading developer of waterproof wood composite products. The financing round totals approximately EUR 4 million, and Mets\u00e4 Spring participates in the round together with current investors Ardent Venture BV, Finow Ltd, NextStone Ltd and Valve Ventures Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"b9cdfad04ef41780_org\"Mets\u00e4 Spring was established in May 2018. Its main aim is to identify and help the selected companies reach a Proof-of-Concept relevant in the context of Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s business ecosystem. This is the second investment by Mets\u00e4 Spring. Through its first investment Mets\u00e4 Spring is developing a new process for the production of textile fibres from wood pulp.<\/p>\n

Woodio\u2019s proprietary technology enables the valorisation of Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s underutilised side-streams into long-lived, value-added products. A potential industrial side-stream, to be used in the Woodio material, is the undersized wood chips generated in wood chipping at several Mets\u00e4 Group mills. The combination of using a side-stream as the main raw material and a product storing CO2<\/sub> for a long time is also expected to be very competitive, when assessing the environmental footprint of this new biomaterial against the existing commercial solutions of today. Woodio\u2019s first success, in terms of sales, comes from using this technology in the production of bathroom and kitchen washbasins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe conceive the current design washbasins of Woodio merely a first step for the company. Hence, we see significant potential for this technology also in various business-to-business material markets. Woodio has a unique technology, has already achieved some market traction, has a realistic plan for the upcoming 3\u20135 years, and a capable team to implement the plan. We are thrilled to start supporting this promising startup in its strive towards industrialisation,\u201c says Niklas von Weymarn, CEO of Mets\u00e4 Spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cClosing the series A financing round is a significant milestone for Woodio on the company\u2019s path to becoming a major international design and material technology company. We are pleased to extend our partner network with Mets\u00e4 Group, which complements the industry competences of the early investors. The new partnership will contribute positively to Woodio\u2019s ongoing build-up of an efficient supply chain for its products,\u201d says Eerik Paasikivi, Chair of Woodio\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe direction, in which startups join forces with large companies, thus harnessing effectively the best qualities of both worlds, adds an important dimension to securing forest industry\u2019s competitiveness also in the future. We are excited about the new collaboration and of being at the forefront pioneering new practises related to future use of the Finnish forest-related know-how, innovativeness and resources. The series A financing enables us to start a new phase in the development of Woodio. Most importantly, it enables us to better serve our customers by setting up in-house manufacturing and expanding our product portfolio,\u201d says Petro Lahtinen, CEO & Founder of Woodio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation company Mets\u00e4 Spring Ltd has made an equity investment in Woodio Ltd, a leading developer of waterproof wood composite products. The financing round totals approximately EUR 4 million, and Mets\u00e4 Spring participates in the round together with current investors Ardent Venture BV, Finow Ltd, NextStone Ltd and Valve Ventures Ltd. Mets\u00e4 Spring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[12529,5820],"supplier":[4348,15041,15995],"class_list":["post-65683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-technology","tag-wood","supplier-metsae-group","supplier-metsaespring","supplier-woodio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65683"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=65683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}