Pulp, paperboard, tissue and greaseproof paper as well as sawn timber, plywood and Kerto®LVL. But also perfumes, ice cream, fertilisers and tires. These are all or their important raw material is a bioproduct.

Products manufactured by Metsä Group from renewable raw material are traditional bioproducts, i.e. pulp, paperboard, tissue and greaseproof papers, and sawn timber, plywood and Kerto LVL. As the wood of our main raw material is of good quality, we want to use it as efficiently as possible. In this way, the wood of our operations is refined at our mills into many bioproducts – materials, chemicals or renewable energy – which we produce either ourselves or we supply raw material to our partners. Because our network of partners is wide and the possibilities of wood are diverse, wood fibres are used in surprising places.

New bioproducts from the manufacturing processes of current bioproducts

Metsä Group's resource-efficient way of working and extensive partner network make it possible for wood-based products to be used not only in traditional bioproducts but also in a number of new bioproducts: textiles, electronics, agricultural fertilisers and paints, tyres and perfumes. Our partner network plays an important role in utilising the smallest side streams in the best possible way. Cooperation with small and industrial partners is key to creating efficient ecosystems as part of a sustainable bioeconomy.  

A tree makes plenty: most of the wood is logs (60%), and is used in wood products, for example, for construction. Some 25% of wood is pulpwood that is used in the manufacturing of pulp and other bioproducts. 15% of the wood is bark and branches that can be used to produce renewable energy.

Tall oil and turpentine have been used in the chemical industry for a long time. For example, tall oil is processed for paints and tyres. Turpentine, in turn, is used as a raw material for example in perfumes. When turpentine is distilled, it gives up to two hundred different scents. The pulp is also eaten when it has been processed, as it is a thickener in ice creams and juices, as well as in medicines and toothpaste.

The benefits of traditional bioproducts manufactured by Metsä Group

Metsä Wood manufactures industrially efficient wood products
• strong and light wood products
• The products store carbon
Metsä Fibre manufactures high quality sawn timber and fresh fibre softwood pulp
• clean and safe pulp
• pulp and bioproducts with excellent environmental performance
Metsä Board manufactures high-quality lightweight paperboard
• clean and safe
• Lightweight paperboard have a lower environmental impact and produce less waste
Metsä Tissue manufactures tissue and greaseproof papers that promote hygiene
• Tissues promote health, hygiene and well-being
• Greaseproof papers reduces food waste and energy and water usage

Working this way, we can make resource-wise bioeconomy  possible. At the same time we use every part of a tree for the purpose that it is best suited to and that provides the highest value. In Metsä Group, every prouduction side stream is valuable and nothing goes to waste.