Metsä Spring

🌟 Congrats to Boreal Bioproducts 🌟 The Metsä Spring portfolio company has been selected as one of the 80 game-changing deep tech startup finalists for the prestigious Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2025! Boreal Bioproducts mission is to transform forestry side streams into sustainable, bio-based raw materials using chemical-free, water-based extraction technology. Read more below: https://lnkd.in/g6PsQFAt #startup #woodinnovation #biomaterials Katariina Kemppainen Jaakko Pajunen Erik Kolehmainen

LIVE from a "studio" in Espoo 🇫🇮 talking to an audience mainly in 🇨🇦. Afternoon here, morning there 😃 Our CEO Niklas had the great honour of giving a keynote as part of the BIOFOR conference, which is part of the 2025 edition of PaperWeek. His presentation was titled “From Innovation Ecosystems to New Wood-based Products.” PaperWeek is PAPTAC’s flagship conference serving the pulp & paper, and forest products industry in Canada. 🌲 Photo credits: Katariina Kemppainen 🙏🏻 #bioeconomy #forest #paperweek

Today is the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) Matchmaking Event in Brussels. More than 370 BIC members were expected to participate! Metsä Spring’s Katariina Kemppainen and Tero Tervahartiala presented Metsä Group’s Open Innovation Challenge to BIC members, calling for new uses for softwood #bark. #woodinnovation #bioeconomy #brussels Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Dirk Carrez Samuele Ambrosetti Marco Rupp Nelo Emerencia Sophia De Smet

Jussi Vanhanen has been appointed as Metsä Group’s new President & CEO, and will start his new position on 1 July 2025. Welcome to the operational side of our wonderful company! (Jussi has been a member of Board of Directors since 2022) 🙂 Read more from the link below 👇 https://rb.gy/v251uk #forest #forestindustry #woodinnovation #newjobs

Excellent news for more ecological textile fibres! ♻️ 🧵 👕 A new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by Etteplan and reviewed by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, shows that compared to viscose, lyocell, and cotton fibre, large-scale production of Metsä Group’s softwood pulp-based textile fibre, Kuura, would result in a clearly lower level of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the assessment shows Kuura’s global warming potential (GWP100, fossil) score to be: 💚 Less than one-third of the next best option, viscose. 💚 Only one-quarter of cotton fibre's score. 💚 Over 80 percent lower than the impact of lyocell fibre. And there’s more good news! 🎉 Kuura has scored well in the Hot Button Ranking evaluation arranged by not-for-profit environmental organisation Canopy, and was awarded a ‘Green Shirt’ rating for the 4th consecutive year. 💪  Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/drpE4mEY #textiles #sustainabletextiles #LCA

A purifying air filter made from trees? 🤔 You bet! Swedish startup and Metsä Spring portfolio company Adsorbi has secured EUR 1 million in funding to develop their patented, cellulose-based air purification material. 🌲 🌲 🌲 Read more in Air Quality News ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dm6WWRQU #forest #woodinnovation #airquality #startup #investment Metsä Group Hanna Johansson Christian Löfvendahl Kinga Grenda Chatarina Schneider Przemysław Strachowski Edwin Eliasson Sofia Kocher Håkan Krook Romain Bordes

Highly interesting factory planning news from Metsä Group ✨ We’ve started a pre-engineering project to potentially modify our board mill in Sweden to produce, in the future, two other wood-based products.🌳🌲 The other being a new product for us! Read more below 👇🏻 Metsä Board Metsä Tissue https://lnkd.in/d5uC6E4m

Further pressure is mounting to eradicate PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals” from everyday consumer products, and the packaging sector is the latest to weigh in on the debate. ⚠️ German petitions are calling for an EU-wide phase-out of PFAS in food packaging, reports Packaging Insights. (see link below) Development of wood-based solutions like Metsä Group’s Muoto fibre packaging is advancing quickly. These solutions represent the packaging materials of the future as safer and more ecologically conscious alternatives to fossil-based materials. This is especially true where food contact safety is concerned. https://shorturl.at/ZJHng #PFAS #Packaging #SustainablePackaging #EU

Today, Metsä Spring's SVP, Group R&D, Katariina Kemppainen is in Brussels with the Research and Technology Committee of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation meeting local key stakeholders. Discussion topics included upcoming initiatives that might affect the forest industry, such as the Bioeconomy strategy. Thank you to Maive Rute and Maarit Nyman from DG Grow, and Kaisu Karvala from The Finnish Forest Industries Federation. #forest #circulareconomy

🚨 We’re hiring x2! 🚨 Metsä Spring, Metsä Group’s innovation company, has two exciting and diverse recruitment opportunities for Development Manager (Carbon Data) and Trainee (Corporate Venturing). 📍 Both positions will be located at Metsä Spring’s offices in Espoo, Finland 🇬🇧 Fluent English is prerequisite for both, but Finnish language is not required Development Manager (Carbon Data): Join our Group R&D team and leverage carbon flow data for strategic decision-making, advocacy, and business development. You’ll develop & manage carbon and LCA data models, lead group-wide sustainability projects, support policy interpretation & business growth, and drive internal collaboration & external advocacy. 🎯 What we’re looking for: ✔️ 5+ years experience in sustainability data analysis ✔️ Expertise in LCA tools (GaBi, SimaPro, OpenLCA) & systems modelling ✔️ Strong project management & communication skills ✔️ Background in forestry, sustainability, or consulting (PhD a plus!) 🗓️ Apply by 9.2.2025 Trainee (Corporate Venturing): join our team in a temporary position until 31.12.2025 and gain hands-on experience in venture capital and technology entrepreneurship! You’ll support investment screening & due diligence, analyse markets, competition & business models, assist in financial analysis & investment proposals, Build relationships with startups, partners & investors, and evaluate the sustainability of new solutions. 🎯 What we’re looking for: ✔️ University studies in Finance, Industrial Engineering, or similar ✔️ Strong analytical & financial modeling skills ✔️ Proactive mindset & excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills 🗓️ Apply by 16.2.2025 To apply for either position, follow the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/dqPzVvfS #recruitment #forest #jobs #carbondata #corporateventuring