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7 surprising things that Finnish companies are making out of wood

Clothes, car batteries, fish feed – you name it. Some of the world’s most creative and commercially promising wood-based innovations come from Finland, and many are made from industry by-products. Here are just a few.

Business & innovation Sustainability

Finnish wood works

Light, strong, warm and environmentally friendly, wood is making a comeback in construction and popping up in some unexpected applications.

Business & innovation Nature

Two Finnish companies show the way away from plastic

Cosmetics containers and disposable coffee cups are some of the products for which Finnish companies are offering plastic-free alternatives. They’re responding to the need and ever-growing demand for something that works without creating an environmental burden.

Business & innovation Webpick

The moment for industrial wood building in Finland is right now

A wooden house is known to be a pleasant, quiet and healthy environment. Finland boasts an especially great number of public construction projects using logs.

Business & innovation Health

Finnish scientists: Pine-bud bacteria may help cure humans

Researchers at the University of Oulu have discovered that bacteria found in pine buds may hold the key to new treatments for conditions including Alzheimer’s and macular degeneration.