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We invest in and support potential sustainable innovations and technologies that find new purposes and higher value for Nordic wood. Part of Metsä Group.
Paper360° has released its annual Top 50 Power List in the pulp, paper, and packaging industry. This year's list includes Metsä Group’s CEO Jussi Vanhanen and SVP R&D Katariina Kemppainen. 👏

See the full list below👇

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#forestry #industry #packaging #leadership
Paper360°’s 2025 Power List – Paper 360
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Our Muoto Fibre #Packaging's Twin 2-in-1 fibre-based take-away concept was piloted in 10 Pikante restaurants with great results: strong feedback, quick adoption, and clear love for Finnish, #sustainable design. 💚🇫🇮

Next up: a new hinged-lid lunch box planned for testing next autumn 🍁

#foodservice
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
SLUSH week is here! 🇫🇮

Yesterday, Metsä Spring’s Erik Kolehmainen joined the jury for the Nature & Forestry Pitching Competition at Y Science 2025. Great pitches and exciting forestry innovations on display! 👏

#SLUSH2025 #startup #innovation
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
We're proud to see Metsä Spring portfolio company Adsorbi featured on Ny Teknik’s 33-list 2025, highlighting Sweden’s most innovative #tech #startups. 👏

Their bio-based material offers an ecological air purification solution. 🌬️

Read more (article in Swedish 🇸🇪): rb.gy/yhynfd
Stora listan: Här är Sveriges bästa teknikstartups – ”Internationell potential”
Stora listan: Ny Teknik utser årets 33 mest innovativa svenska teknikstartups • För första gången sedan starten 2008 finns två enhörningar med bland bolagen.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finland attracts talent turning #forests into #innovation 🌱

Tainise Lourençon at Metsä Spring portfolio company Boreal Bioproducts transforms forestry side‑streams into #sustainable materials for cosmetics and chemicals.

Watch her story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swk4...

#bioeconomy
Tainise Lourençon turns forestry side streams into sustainable solutions
YouTube video by BiotalousFi
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Part of our Muoto team was at PackSummit 2025 in Hämeenlinna, Finland yesterday, showcasing the novel wood-based Muoto #packaging solution. 🇫🇮

Many great discussions around the future of packaging and how #renewable materials can play a stronger role in the transition toward #circularity! ♻️📦
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Metsä Spring portfolio company FineCell is demonstrating that ecologically-minded products can also meet the high-performance requirements demanded by personal care products and other consumer goods. 💚 👇

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#biomaterials #circulareconomy #cellulose
#cellulose #finecell #nanocellulose #sustainableinnovation #greenchemistry #cleanbeauty #biobasedmaterials #circulareconomy #deeptech | FineCell
✨ The Beauty of Clarity — What Makes FineCell’s #Cellulose Nanofibers Unique? 💡 Not all cellulose nanofibers are created equal. At FineCell, we’ve developed a clean, energy efficient, and highly scala...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Interesting upcoming Fibre-based packaging event!

📌 6th Annual 4evergreen Conference: Perfecting Circularity Together

📅 19 Nov 2025 | 📍 Brussels & Online

The 4evergreen Technical Toolbox will be unveiled – a milestone in fibre-based packaging collaboration.

⏰ Register by 11 Nov! rb.gy/wcpf52
4evergreen alliance invites you to the Annual Conference 2025 - 4evergreen
The 4evergreen alliance is glad to welcome you to its 6th Annual Conference “Perfecting Circularity Together: The 4evergreen Technical Toolbox for Fibre-Based Packaging" on November 19th, 2025, at Spa...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
More momentum in replacing fossil-based chemicals and PFAs 👏

Metsä Spring portfolio company Innomost appoints Niko Mellanen as Chief Sales Officer to drive global growth in bio-based coatings, adhesives & materials made from Finnish birch bark. 🌲

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#innovation #biomaterials
Finland's Innomost adds industry veteran Niko Mellanen to lead sales amid growing demand for PFAS alternatives - ArcticStartup
Finnish bio-based materials company Innomost has named Niko Mellanen as its new Chief Sales Officer. The company develops bio-based alternatives from upcycled
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November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Want to see wood-based packaging in action?

Meet the Muoto fibre packaging team at Packsummit 2025.

🗓️ Date: 12.11.2025
📍 Location: Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland

Find out more about the event: rb.gy/kw2q32

#packaging #Sustainablepackaging #foodpackaging #woodfibre
PackSummit – Suomen Pakkausyhdistys ry
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November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This week, Metsä Group’s Katariina Kemppainen spoke at the Young Researchers’ Challenge of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize Event in Stockholm on her journey “towards a wood-based #bioeconomy.” 🇸🇪🪵💚

#innovation
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🌲 From forests to fashion: Finland’s next billion-euro opportunity? 💶

Metsä Group recently announced a potential Kuura textile fibre mill in Kemi that could turn softwood pulp into 100,000 tonnes of fossil-free fibre, enough for 170 million T-shirts. 👕🇫🇮

More in @yle.naamio.social ⤵️

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Puusta valmistetussa vaatemateriaalissa on miljardien potentiaali – siksi metsäyhtiö haluaa Kemin mukaan bisnekseen
Metsä Group tavoittelee havusellun jatkojalostamista tekstiilikuiduksi vaateteollisuuden käyttöön. Kuitutehdas voisi käynnistyä noin viiden vuoden kuluttua.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Innovation from the #forest industry has been on show in Rome! 🌲🇮🇹

At FAO’s 80th anniversary, Finnish wood-based creations like Kuura fibre Saunawear and Woodio’s wood-composite sink basin showcased how science & #design can turn wood into #climate solutions. 💡

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#woodinnovation
FAO turned 80 – forest-based innovations featured in new exhibition video - Forest.fi
Finland donated groundbreaking examples of sustainable wood-based innovations to the FAO’s new permanent exhibition, which opened in Rome as part of the organization’s 80th anniversary celebrations. F...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
In pouring rain, pitch dark & strong wind from the nearby sea. 🌧️ 🌬️

Wonder what the craziest (bravest) people at @metsagroup.bsky.social came up with to do in such circumstances? 🤔

City orienteering in downtown #Helsinki, naturally! 💡

Great fun event to enjoy some time in the outdoors together
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Congrats to Fiberwood, recognised among Finland’s top #bioeconomy innovators in the 2025 New Wood Competition. 👏 🇫🇮

The Metsä Spring portfolio company turns forest industry side streams into carbon-binding, wood fibre–based insulation and packaging. 🌲💚

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#woodinnovation
Silver Award in the New Wood Competition - Fiberwood
Fiberwood won the Silver Award in the 2025 New Wood Competition, which highlights Finland’s most significant wood-based innovations.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Today we’re hosting Metsä Group’s annual #R&D Seminar, a day for new thinking & science-based solutions. 🌱

Aalto University sparked discussion on Radical Creativity. The concept of "radical" from Latin radix (“root”), fundamental #creativity that drives real change. Very topical today!

#innovation
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today at Metsä Group, we joined Regenerative #Forestry Day 🌲

Exploring how #forests can be managed to improve health, #resilience & #biodiversity, not just sustain them, with many interesting, thought-provoking presentations from our experts. 🌱

Here's to safeguarding the future of our forests!
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Greetings from Gothenburg! 👋 🇸🇪

Great to catch up with Adsorbi at our Board meeting.

Exciting progress this year with the pilot plant launched, as well as being featured in an article in Forbes! 💪

Here’s to more ahead!

#woodinnovation #startups #airquality #biomaterials
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
From the #forest to your face, bio-materials can replace fossil-based cosmetics ingredients. Want to see proof?

Metsä Spring portfolio company Innomost, has been nominated as a Sustainability Pioneer at the Sustainable Beauty Awards 2025! ⭐ 👏

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#sustainablebeauty #biomaterials
#sustainability #circulareconomy #biobased #cosmetics #innovation | Innomost
🌟 We are Sustainable Beauty Awards 2025 finalists! 🌟 Our nomination in the Sustainability Pioneer category recognises our continuous efforts to transform the beauty industry with high-performing bio...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🌱 Hot Button report 2025 is out!

30 MMCF producers rated, 98% of global producers covered. Green Shirt share rose from 0% in 2016 to 54% in 2025.

At Metsä Group, we keep getting Green Shirts and hit a new record: 25.5 buttons!

Read the full report 👉 rb.gy/4aidbe

#sustainability #textiles
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Meet Metsä Spring portfolio company Boreal Bioproducts at the KCL BIOHUB Webinar & Housewarming on Oct 30! 🌲

CEO Jaakko Pajunen joins KCL’s Risto Hertzberg to discuss fibre processing & contract manufacturing.

Join online or in Lohja 🇫🇮 Register by Oct 26/29

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#bioeconomy
KCL BIOHUB webinar - KCL
Simulation of mill refining in lab scale. Physical testing, quality control and benchmarking of pulp. We offer refining of different pulps.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🌱 Valmet and Metsä Group's 3D fibre demo plant is rethinking packaging. Learn more about the renewable, recyclable Muoto products.

🎬 Watch the video here: youtu.be/qxdnJM5750w?...
Reform of the packaging: Valmet’s and Metsä Group’s 3D fiber demo plant
YouTube video by Valmet
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October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🏭 1,700 days without an accident!

The Kuura demo plant in Äänekoski has reached a great milestone – especially impressive for a facility where new things are done every week.

#Kuura #Safety #Innovation
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Not every day do we make it to Business Insider Japan! 🌿

Krista Virtanen’s Kuura Saunawear – fashion from Finnish forest fibers – was featured after debuting at the Osaka World Expo. 🇫🇮✨

www.businessinsider.jp/article/mets...

#fashion #textiles #innovation
フィンランド大手メッツァグループ✕伊藤忠、関西万博で語った脱化石燃料の挑戦 | Business Insider Japan
化石燃料に頼らない社会をめざし、木材由来の素材で新産業を創出するメッツァグループ。フィンランドの森林から生まれる繊維「クーラ」や包装材「Muoto」誕生の背景に迫ります。
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October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Muoto keeps winning! 🏆 🍲

After the ScanStar & Packnorth Awards, our Muoto Twin Uncoated Fibre #packaging is now a finalist in the Uusi Puu (New Wood) 2025 competition! 🌲

Among the top 8 #innovations shaping a more #sustainable future. 💚

Learn more from the link in the comments (in Finnish 🇫🇮)
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM