Markku Björkman
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UPM-Sappi paper venture advances as Brussels reviews competition risks (opens the original)
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UPM and Sappi have cleared another regulatory hurdle in their planned combination of European graphic paper operations. South African competition authorities have approved the transaction without conditions, according to Bloomberg. The decision advances the deal, but the European Commission’s review remains decisive. The two companies plan to combine their graphic paper businesses in a new independently operated company owned equally by UPM and Sappi. The proposed transaction would create a majo
Fraunhofer optimises e-commerce packaging (opens the original)
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The renowned German research institute Fraunhofer IML has developed AI-based software that helps e-commerce and logistics companies identify the most efficient combination of shipping-box sizes. The technology could assist European businesses in reducing material use and preparing for new EU packaging requirements. The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, known as Fraunhofer IML, has entered a strategic partnership with European wholesale group IGEPA. The collaboration will make
Stora Enso to close the Veitsiluoto sawmill permanently (opens the original)
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Stora Enso has completed negotiations on the permanent closure of its Veitsiluoto sawmill in Kemi, northern Finland. Production will not resume after the current furlough period, and approximately 60 jobs will be permanently lost. The company will consolidate its northern Finnish sawmilling operations at other sites. Stora Enso announced in August that it was considering ending pine sawing at Veitsiluoto. Following the completion of statutory change negotiations, the company has now confirmed th
Fazer introduces personalised chocolate packaging (opens the original)
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Fazer will reopen its renovated flagship café at Kluuvikatu 3 in Helsinki on 17 September, exactly 135 years after Karl Fazer began operating at the same address. Customers can now design personalised wrappers for the company’s classic chocolate bars and take the finished product home directly from the store. To mark the anniversary, Fazer has produced a special edition of 135 individually numbered Karl Fazer Milk Chocolate bars. The product is widely known in Finland as Fazerin Sininen, or Faze
Dispute erupts over Finland’s new digital timber market (opens the original)
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Metsä Group and Stora Enso do not intend to use Pino, a new digital marketplace introduced by Finland’s forest management associations. The decision risks splitting a significant share of the country’s timber trade between competing platforms, company systems and bids submitted by email. Pino opened on 15 September and was developed by MHYP, the service company of Finland’s forest management associations, together with the agricultural and forest owners’ organisation MTK. The platform is intende
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