Innovation News

This spring, UPM will begin a transplantation project of rare and threatened wood-inhabiting fungi in co-operation with Natural Resources Institute Finland and the University of Helsinki. The aim of the project is to accelerate the reintroduction of species inhabiting deadwood to forests by planting these fungi to deadwood concentrations in the company forests. The project […]

In the context of the European Commission’s ongoing work on developing a classification system for sustainable investments, the organisations representing the European forest-based bioeconomy value chain have issued a joint statement on the role of forest management in the proposed taxonomy regulation, notably on the first round of climate mitigation activities drawn up by the […]

The aim of REINVEST 2050 is to stimulate competition between companies with low carbon solutions in order to create a knock-on effect and encourage the deployment of innovative solutions within the pulp and forest fibre industries. The launch of REINVEST 2050 was hosted by Members of the European Parliament Elsi Katainen (ALDE, Finland) and Ludek […]

 The first public Consultation on a new European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRA) opens today – 4 March – for stakeholders of the forest-based sector. The renewed SRA follows the launch of the sector’s Vision 2040 in November 2018, and will provide a roadmap to achieve the 10 Vision Targets set out in […]

Participants are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to  the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge  advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. The Open Call Action proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and […]

BillerudKorsnäs’s partner, CHOCAL (Hörnlein Group) has been awarded “the ISM packaging award” for innovative packaging at ProSweets 2019 in Cologne. Seasonal chocolate figures – wrapped in paper – is one of the upcoming products soon to be out on the market. The goal of the collaboration between the companies is to create more sustainable packaging. […]

PRESS RELEASE – 19.02.19  UPM collaborates with leading research organizations and small to medium sized companies in order to create a new ecosystem and novel wood-based innovations for the biomedical sector. The sector faces a growing need for products sourced from natural materials that are free from animal-derived components as they offer many advantages over […]

Joint Press Release | 04 Feb.2019 Last December, the Commission published a progress report on the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy, discussed by the European Parliament in January. This report comes at a time when forests and the forest-based sector are recognised as essential players in responding to major societal and environmental challenges. In […]

On 10 January, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation organized its first important research conference of 2018. The new National Research Agenda “Skogsnäringens Forskningsagenda 4.0”, a compilation of Swedish research and development needs, was presented at the conference by Torgny Persson, the Chair of NSG Sweden. The document is a joint effort by forest owners, forest […]

Today, at an event organized under the auspices of the Austrian EU-presidency, the FTP Vision 2040 of the European Forest-based Sector was launched. The venue, the prestigious Marmorsaal within the premises of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism in Vienna, was packed with representatives from some 20 European countries. The conference, titled “Vision […]