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SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY IN POLAND
Spring is upon us. Nature is awakening and blooming – and getting green. Spring has also come to us at UPM Raflatac Poland. We are starting environmental cooperation with WWF by supporting WWF’s “Rivers for Life” project in the Lower Silesia region of Poland for the next year and a half.
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DECKING BOARDS CAN MORPH INTO DESIGN - YOU JUST NEED TO LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN FREE
History repeated itself last week at the Salone di Mobile – the world’s largest design fair held in Milan, Italy. UPM ProFi took part in the exhibition for the first time in five years and cooperated this time with British designer Tom Dixon.
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WDC Helsinki 2012 Pavilion rises from UPM materials
As soon as Mother Nature started to melt snow in this Northern part of Europe, a joint effort to build a World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion began. The wooden pavilion will be constructed mainly of UPM materials.
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Talking points of UPM's Annual General Meeting - Biodiesel and environment
Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre was full crowded on 30 March 2012. Almost 900 shareholders or their delegates attended UPM’s Annual General Meeting. In all more than 40 % of UPM’s shares were represented on the meeting. Read more » |
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LABEL PAPERS AND RECYCLING - IS THERE A VALUE?
UPM is the leading recycler in graphic papers with the annual recovered paper purchase of ca. 3,5 – 4,0 million tons. It is a huge amount of “waste”, consisting mainly of old newspapers and magazines and representing actually more than one third of our total fibre needs in papermaking. Read more »
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CARBON FOOTPRINT HUNT
How can you influence your carbon footprint today? Global warming is an issue that influences all of us, and so it is even easier to embrace this issue. Read more »
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MEDIA TEAM'S PICKS FROM UPM ANNUAL REPORT 2011
UPM published the online version of Annual Report 2011 yesterday. Like every year, there are once again 180 pages
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AFTER DESIGN GALA
As one of the co-hosts of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, city of Lahti offered a beautiful setting for designers. This very special evening was held on Thursday 2 February at Sibelius Hall in Lahti. Read more »
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HEALTHY LIVING ON TAP - UPM REMOVES PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES FROM HEAD OFFICE
Last week in UPM Helsinki offices around 500 reusable SIGG bottles were given out to the Espa staff. The aim is to replace the plastic water bottles with a more cost effective and environmental friendly solution. Read more » |
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UPM BELIEVES IN PAPER'S SUCCESS
On Saturday, 14 January, UPM and Albbruck employee representatives reached an agreement on a social plan and the closure of the mill was confirmed. This means that all the closure plans that were published in August have now been completed. Read more » |
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QUALITY NOT QUANTITY
Renewal is the lifeblood of a successful business. The forest industry is a mature industry where progress does not occur in leaps and bounds; rather innovations move forward in small steps. Improvements must be made persistently every day, and ingredients for renewal need to be found in the entire value chain. Read more » |
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UPM HAS STARTED PRE-COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF FIBRIL CELLULOSE
UPM has started pre-commercial production of fibril cellulose and is currently developing new fibril cellulose applications with industrial partners. Read more » |
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UPM's NEW COMPOSITE - REPLACING NON-RENEWABLES
Based on UPM's own research and business development, the company has launched a brand new composite material, where wood fibers replace non-renewable raw material. Thanks to the renewable raw material, product have low carbon footprint. Read more » |
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UPM SUPPORTS SHIGERU BAN'S TEMPORARY CONTAINER HOUSING PROJECT IN AID OF THE VICTIMS OF 3-11 TSUNAMI
Mr. Shigeru Ban is an accomplished Japanese and international architect well known for his usage of recycled materials. Read more » |
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FSC CERTIFICATION OF FINNISH FOREST - A NATURAL STEP FOR UPM FORESTRY
UPM was awarded the FSC certificate for its Finnish forests on 26 September. The new certificate covers around half of UPM's forests in Finland. Read more » |
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UPM LIVING - BEAUTY AND DESIGN FOR EVERYDAY LIVING
UPM Living and the new products were launched at the Habitare – Finnish furniture, interior decoration and design fair - in Helsinki in September. Read more » |
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HOW BIG IS YOUR WATERFOOTPRINT?
This week, water specialists around the world gathered to Stockholm for World Water Week 2011. This year’s theme is Water in an Urbanising world. Read more » |
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UPM'S ACQUISITION OF MYLLYKOSKI
UPM completed the acquisition of Myllykoski Oyj and Rhein Papier GmbH ("Myllykoski") on 1 August 2011. Jyrki Ovaska, President of UPM Paper Business Group was interviewed on UPM's Interim report January-June press conference held on 3 August. Read more » |