Finland Paper Industry

Finland Paper Industry dominates the paper industry in North European countries. In the year 2002, Stora Enso Oyj, the Finnish-Swedish paper manufacturing company was ranked fifth largest producer of paper and pulp in terms of revenue. The same company was ranked the first in the year 2005 in terms of production capacity. From the available data it can be said safely that Finland Paper Industry is one of the major sources of revenue for the country.

Another major pulp and paper manufacturer in Finland is the UPM, also known as the UPM-Kymmene Oyj. The company has around 35,579 employees and it was formed when the merger of Repola Ltd and Kymmene Corporation and its subsidiary United Paper Mills Ltd. took place in the year 1996. The head quarters of this company is in Helsinki in Finland. The products of this company are mainly publication of fine paper and wood products. The net sale of this company was 9,907 US million dollars in the year 2002.

The production of paper and pulp in Finland had increased in the year 2006. 14.1 million tonnes of paper and paperboard were produced along with 13 million tones of pulp. Oy Metsa-Botnia Ab is the second largest producing company of pulp in Europe. The products of this company include birch pulps, high quality bleached soft wood and aspen pulps. The specialization of this company is in the area of producing writing and typing papers of top quality.