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src=\"https://www.upm.com/contentassets/042dadf6eee147ba95d8d6ec0bf0547b/kaukas_sawmill2019.jpg\" alt=\"Kaukas_sawmill2019.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p class=\"ingress\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p class=\"ingress\">Kaukas sawmill in Lappeenranta has been operating and expanding on the same site for exactly 60&nbsp;years. The reason why this location was chosen for the sawmill all those years ago still applies today, and it will ensure the operation of the sawmill in the future. The sawmill has been continually developed over the years, and the existence of the traditional industry cannot be taken for granted. Nonetheless, future prospects are promising, and at the sawmill, the 60th anniversary year is celebrated with great pride for the work that has been done.</p>\n<h3>A story dating back to 1892</h3>\n<p>UPM&nbsp;Kaukas sawmill was originally established in Varkaansaari, Kanavansuu district in&nbsp;1892. The sawmill was run successfully by the Norwegian Salvese&nbsp;brothers, but they sold their business to Kaukas in&nbsp;1916. The restless war years gave rise to concerns about the management of assets, which resulted in many foreign entrepreneurs leaving Finland.</p>\n<p>As a result of the deal, Kaukas obtained four&nbsp;sawmills, the Lauritsala&nbsp;Manor and almost 70,000&nbsp;hectares of forest. The company became a significant forest owner, which alleviated the intense competition for raw materials. The sawmill continued to operate in Varkaansaari until Kaukas started kiln-drying sawn timber&mdash;the first Finnish operator to do so&mdash;in 1959. It was at this time that the operation was transferred from the Kanavansuu district to its current location at the Kaukas mill site. There was a desire to concentrate all forest industry operations at one single site. At that time, there was a lot of vacant land around the mill for expansion. Today, the mill site today covers 300&nbsp;hectares, with the sawmill comprising nearly a third of it.</p>\n<h3><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https://www.upm.com/contentassets/042dadf6eee147ba95d8d6ec0bf0547b/kaukas_ilmakuva_1961.jpg\" alt=\"Kaukas_ilmakuva_1961.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"695\" /><span class=\"micro-text\"><em>Picture taken from the area in 1961.</em></span></h3>\n<h3>The decreasing significance of Lake&nbsp;Saimaa</h3>\n<p>All wood raw material that enters the sawmill is utilised. Approximately half of the wood raw material ends up as sawn timber, approximately 30&nbsp;percent is transported to the pulp mill as wood chips and the remaining 20&nbsp;percent is utilised as sawdust and bark. The wood chips are either used as raw material at the pulp mill or for renewable energy production at Kauvo. All bark is burnt for bioenergy. The sawmill gets the necessary energy and drying steam from the pulp mill and the Kauvo biofuel power plant.</p>\n<p>&ldquo;An important factor in relocating the sawmill to its current location 60&nbsp;years ago was concentrating all operations at one&nbsp;site. The synergy between the different functions across the whole mill site is still important today,&rdquo; emphasises Antti&nbsp;Waajakoski, Director at UPM Kaukas sawmill.</p>\n<p>However, the significance of the Saimaa water system and the Saimaa Canal to Kaukas sawmill has decreased. Nowadays, most of the wood transported via Lake&nbsp;Saimaa and the canal is for the pulp mill. Until the 1980s, a third of logs were floated to the pulp mill and lifted straight out of the water into the debarking plant.</p>\n<p>The new log sorting method at the sawmill meant that water transportation was replaced with land transportation and storage in&nbsp;1994. Log floating via water courses stopped completely and the water&rsquo;s edge was moved with artificial filling to create storage space for log wood. Logs for three&nbsp;to five&nbsp;days of operation are stored next to the debarking plant at the sawmill.</p>\n<h3>Kaukas: The largest of UPM&rsquo;s sawmills</h3>\n<p>UPM operates four&nbsp;sawmills in Finland. According to Waajakoski, all of them are needed, because pulpwood cannot be sourced from the forest for pulp production alone &mdash; there must be a use for the logs, too.</p>\n<p>&ldquo;Concentrated operation is profitable. The sawmills expand as UPM increases pulp production,&rdquo; explains Waajakoski.</p>\n<p>Kaukas is the largest of UPM&rsquo;s sawmills, which produce a total of 1.5&nbsp;million&nbsp;cubic&nbsp;metres annually, with Kaukas producing a third of this amount. Even though Kaukas is a large-scale sawmill, the market is global and large competing sawmills can be found all over the world. The field is fragmented, and this makes it a difficult place to operate according to Waajakoski.</p>\n<p>Kaukas sawmill has been continuously developed &mdash; the list of investments made over the years is remarkable. Kaukas sawmill also has a great reputation in the market. According to Waajakoski, the large volume and consistent quality of the sawmill&rsquo;s products mean a lot to customers. Although the sawmill is large by Finnish standards, it has aimed to be flexible for its customers, with many customer relationships lasting for 35&ndash;40&nbsp;years.</p>\n<p>&ldquo;Good relationships and trust have ensured that deals have been done even during economic downturns,&rdquo; the Kaukas employees explain with satisfaction.&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.upm.com/contentassets/042dadf6eee147ba95d8d6ec0bf0547b/kaukas_sawmill_director_antti_waajakoski.jpg\" alt=\"Kaukas_sawmill_director_Antti_Waajakoski.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" /></p>\n<p><em>Kaukas sawmill has a bright and promising future, predicts Antti&nbsp;Waajakoski, Director at UPM Kaukas sawmill.</em></p>\n<h3>Product exports reach 90%</h3>\n<p>Ninety&nbsp;percent of the production at Kaukas is exported, mainly for use in the joinery, furniture and construction industries. The Chinese market in particular has stabilised production in recent years. However, since the early 2000s, Kaukas sawmill&rsquo;s biggest customer has been Japan, which uses Nordic sawn timber in house construction &mdash; the wood is strong and withstands earthquakes better.</p>\n<p>The sawmill industry has a promising future ahead too, thanks to the increase in wood construction in Finland. The legislative obstacles to using wood in the construction of multi-storey buildings have been removed. Log construction has increased, even in public construction.</p>\n<h3>An important part of the Lappeenranta community</h3>\n<p>UPM-Kymmene and Kaukas sawmill are an important part of the city of Lappeenranta. The integrated mill site provides 1000&nbsp;jobs, 130 of which are at the sawmill. In addition, nearly 400&nbsp;workers employed by UPM&rsquo;s subcontractors work at the mill site. In total, UPM employs approximately 2000&nbsp;people in the area, both directly and indirectly. Annually, the company pays EUR&nbsp;33&nbsp;million in taxes to Lappeenranta and its neighbouring municipalities.</p>\n<p>Interaction and collaboration with local people have been channelled through different communities, companies and educational institutions. Kaukas is carrying out a training programme in collaboration with different operators, such as the Saimaa Vocational College Sampo. Most of the studies included in the programme are carried out at the sawmills.</p>\n<p>The people at Kaukas are grateful that the forest industry is valued as a workplace and that there have been so many applicants for the training programme &mdash; employees are certainly needed at Kaukas. A generational change is currently under way, with many of the long-time employees having recently retired or about to do so.</p>\n<p>Kaukas is a great example of success even today. According to Waajakoski, the future of Kaukas sawmill is bright. 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During those 100 years the world and the role companies play in it have changed a lot. Companies compete globally and are compared with each other using a number of responsibility indicators, often without taking the societal context into account. I learned this myself in a very concrete way some time ago, after having a discussion with an external UPM evaluator in the morning and then going through photographs which I had found with some inheritance documents in the evening.","teaserImageUrl":null,"mainBody":"<p class=\"lede-block\" role=\"lede\">The creation of societal value is an interesting topic. UPM pays a significant amount of corporate income taxes and indirect taxes, especially in countries where UPM's business areas create substantial added value. A study by the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla) provides a concrete example of value creation. According to the study, UPM produces the most added value in Finland, when considering the added value produced by companies themselves and the indirect added value resulting from purchases. That is what keeps modern society going.</p>\n<p>Even before Finland gained its independence, UPM&rsquo;s predecessor companies were creating value for Finland in a number of ways. Areas surrounding mills began to grow into population centres and companies offered many services that, today, are provided by society. UPM's predecessor companies founded a number of elementary schools, for example in Valkeakoski and Kuusankoski, back in the 1880s. The Kymi company founded the first industrial vocational school in Finland in 1918.</p>\n<p>While going through the inheritance documents, I noticed that my family, originally from Kuusankoski, in South-eastern Finland, has a connection with UPM that goes back several generations. The man in the photograph is my Great Uncle Kaarlo. I found the photograph and his school certificates with the documents. Kaarlo studied at the Voika mill private elementary school at Kuusankoski in the 1930s and then continued his studies at the three-year Kymi company vocational school for boys. At the time, the company trained its employees itself from the beginning, and after his studies, Kaarlo too spent his whole career at the mill.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.upmbiofore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paastotodistus-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-6891 size-medium\" src=\"https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/archive/www-upmbiofore-com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paastotodistus-1-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" />&nbsp;</a><a href=\"https://www.upmbiofore.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lukukausitodistus-edit.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-6890 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/archive/www-upmbiofore-com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lukukausitodistus-edit-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" /></a></p>\n<p>I started my school career by going to a municipal comprehensive school in the 1970s. After completing two years at a municipal vocational school, I studied a year at the company's vocational school and then went to work at the mill in 1987. My younger brother followed in my footsteps, except that when he started his studies, apprenticeship training and workplace learning had replaced the mill&rsquo;s own vocational school.</p>\n<p>My family provides an example of the change in the Finnish education system. UPM still supports education, for example, by contributing to the Sanat haltuun (Words matter) project organised by the Finnish Reading Centre and by collaborating with universities. UPM also arranges apprenticeship training at the company&rsquo;s mills. Today, however, education is primarily financed with taxes.</p>\n<p>The world has changed, and the societal circumstances and operating environment should be taken into account when evaluating the companies' activities.</p>\n<p>It seems Kaarlo and I have at least one thing in common: neither of us excelled in physical education classes at school. But there's also one clear difference: Kaarlo wore much classier clothes than his relatives today.</p>","mainContentArea":[{"displayOption":"full","tag":null,"contentLink":{"id":225840,"workId":0,"guidValue":"834918aa-fcfd-4886-ad37-be457ce7ad61","providerName":null,"url":"https://www.upm.com/articles/authors/sami-lundgren/","expanded":null},"name":"Sami Lundgren","language":null,"existingLanguages":[],"masterLanguage":null,"contentType":["Page","AuthorPage"],"parentLink":null,"routeSegment":null,"url":null,"changed":null,"created":null,"startPublish":null,"stopPublish":null,"saved":null,"status":null,"renderedHtml":"<div class=\"author-information\">\n    <div class=\"author-information__prefix\">\n            <h4 class=\"author-information__title\">Author</h4>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"author-information__container\">\n\n\n            <img class=\"author-information__image lazy-load\" \n                 v-lazy=\"{src: 'https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/asset/news--stories/images/authors/sami-lundgren-2022.jpg?preset=contact-person'}\" \n                 alt=\"Sami Lundgren\" \n                 width=\"356\"\n                 height=\"356\"\n                 style=\"aspect-ratio: 356/356;\" />\n        <div class=\"author-information__text-container\">\n            <h4 class=\"author-information__author\">Sami Lundgren</h4>\n            <span class=\"author-information__author-text\">Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, UPM Responsibility | </span>\n        </div>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"author-information__suffix\"></div>\n</div>","metadata":{"isAuthenticated":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"settings":{"navigation":{"isOnePager":false,"useChineseLogo":false,"showLanguageSelector":true},"newsLetterSubscriptionUrl":null,"kontaktiMChatKey":null,"navigationV2Enabled":true,"navigationV2Condensed":false}}],"invertTimestampSetting":null,"renderedHtml":"\n\n\n\n    <data-layer-link class=\"content-highlight content-highlight--16x9image\" \n                     href=\"/news-and-stories/blogs/2017/09/kaarlo-and-i--with-the-company-since-the-beginning/\" \n                     callback-function=\"sendDataLayer\" \n                     :args=\"{&quot;id&quot;:195905,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;/news-and-stories/blogs/2017/09/kaarlo-and-i--with-the-company-since-the-beginning/&quot;,&quot;blockTitle&quot;:&quot;Kaarlo and I &#x2013; with the company since the beginning&quot;}\">\n        \t        <div class=\"content-highlight__image-container\">\n\n\n            <img class=\"content-highlight__img lazy-load\" \n                 v-lazy=\"{src: 'https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/archive/www-upmbiofore-com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/biofore-suomi100-rajaus2-890x501.jpg?preset=tmpl-size-third'}\" \n                 alt=\"Kaarlo and I &#x2013; with the company since the beginning\" \n                 width=\"475\"\n                 height=\"267\"\n                 style=\"aspect-ratio: 475/267;\" />\n\t        </div>\n\t<div class=\"content-highlight__content\">\n\t    <div class=\"content-highlight__release-info\">\n\t            <span >Blog</span>\n\t                <span> | </span>\n\t            <date v-cloak >09/08/2017 08:51:00</date>\n\t                <span> | </span>\n\t            <span>3 min</span>\n\t    </div>\n\t    <h4 class=\"content-highlight__title\" id=\"cid_195905\" >Kaarlo and I – with the company since the beginning</h4>\n<text-clamp class=\"content-highlight__text use-min-height\" text=\"This year, Finland celebrates its 100 years of independence. During those 100 years the world and the role companies play in it have changed a lot.\"></text-clamp>\n\t            <div class=\"content-highlight__bottom-cta\">\n\t                <div class=\"btn btn--arrow-right\">Read more</div>\n\t            </div>\n\t</div>\n    \n    </data-layer-link>\n\n"},{"displayOption":"third","tag":null,"contentLink":{"id":197445,"workId":0,"guidValue":"777068d5-9592-4c23-b46f-db8ab8ddc2a3","providerName":null,"url":"https://www.upm.com/news-and-stories/articles/2015/09/upm---a-long-tradition-within-forest-industry/","expanded":null},"name":"UPM - a long tradition within forest industry","language":null,"existingLanguages":[],"masterLanguage":null,"contentType":["Page","ContentPage"],"parentLink":null,"routeSegment":null,"url":null,"changed":null,"created":null,"startPublish":null,"stopPublish":null,"saved":null,"status":null,"useComStyleHeader":true,"hideNewsLetter":null,"ingress":"UPM was established in autumn 1995 when Kymmene Corporation and Repola Ltd and its subsidiary United Paper Mills Ltd announced their merger. The new company, UPM-Kymmene, officially started its operations on 1 May 1996.","teaserImageUrl":null,"mainBody":"<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">UPM has a long tradition in the Finnish forest industry. The group's first mechanical pulp mill, paper mills and sawmills started operations in the early 1870s. Pulp production began in the 1880s and paper converting in the 1920s with plywood production starting the following decade.</p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">The present group comprises some 100 production facilities, which were originally functioning as independent companies. Among others, the following companies have been merged into the group: Kymi, United Paper Mills, Kaukas, Kajaani, Schauman, Rosenlew, Raf. Haarla and Rauma-Repola's forest industry operations.</p>\n<h2 class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">The UPM griffin keeps guard over treasured forests</h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">The part eagle and part lion in UPM's logo is known as a griffin. Originally, it was a mythical beast, which was a popular heraldic symbol with its head and wings of an eagle and body and tail of a lion.</p>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">The oldest griffins can be found in the fables of Assyria and Babylon, but they subsequently appeared in many different guises in e.g. Egyptian and Persian art. They made their way to Europe via ancient Greece and the English word 'griffin' is in fact of Greek origin (Greek gryps, Latin gryphus), from which it passed into many of the modern languages of Europe (English griffin, French griffon, German der Greif, Swedish grip).</p>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">This legendary figure became the symbol of UPM as the result of a competition. Towards the end of the 19th century, it was decided there was a need for a distinctive trademark to be introduced, most notably for trade with Russia. One of the predecessors of the present UPM Corporation, Kymmene Aktiebolag, turned to two well-known artists, Hugo Simberg and Louis Sparre, with a request for a suitable design. The illustration of a griffin drawn by Simberg was the chosen winner and purchased by the company in 1899. The image was thereafter approved for official use a couple of years later.</p>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">One very probable reason for choosing a mythological animal is the symbolic message of the griffin, an animal that transferred to a northern context, watched over the green gold inherent in the forests. Today the UPM symbol is the oldest corporate logo used continuously in Finland throughout its history.</p>\n</div>\n<img class=\"wp-image-1771 size-full\" src=\"https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/archive/www-upmbiofore-com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/upm-100-years-history-3.jpg\" alt=\"upm-100-years-history-3\" width=\"460\" height=\"320\" /></div>\n<p><span class=\"micro-text\">Aktiebolaget Walkiakoski mill site in 1915. Pulp mill on the left and paper mill in the back.</span></p>\n<div><img class=\"wp-image-1761 size-full\" src=\"https://www.beta.upm.com/siteassets/archive/www-upmbiofore-com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/upm-100-years-history-41.jpg\" alt=\"upm-100-years-history-4\" width=\"460\" height=\"320\" /></div>\n<p><span class=\"micro-text\">Aktiebolaget Walkiakoski mill site in 1915. 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UPM's \npredecessor companies Aktiebolaget Walkiakoski and Kymmene Ab were listed on the \nHelsinki Stock Exchange in August-September 1915. The listing is a significant \nexample of Finnish industrialisation and economic growth as the First World War \ncreated a boom for the Finnish industry. Forest industry companies wanted to \ngrow quickly and get additional funding for investments. Many significant \nFinnish forest industry companies such as Kymi, United Paper Mills, Kaukas, \nKajaani, Schauman, Rosenlew, Raf. Haarla and Rauma-Repola have been merged into \nthe UPM Group along the years.</span> </span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">UPM today is a global bio and \nforest industry company offering products made of renewable materials and \nlow-emission energy. With good performance in the businesses, strong cash flow, \nand leading balance sheet in the industry, UPM can simultaneously distribute an \nattractive dividend, implement focused growth projects and act on strategic \nopportunities.</span> </span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">“Investors are always \ninterested in how the company is creating value now and in the future. We create \nsustainable solutions and many of them replace non-renewable materials. We focus \non growing and renewing our businesses and developing new products. The most \nrecent example is renewable wood-based diesel launched in May”, says<strong> \nMika Mikkola</strong>, Vice President, Investor Relations.</span> </span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Interest in the company in \ntransformation has continued. UPM's share is one of the most traded shares in \nthe Helsinki Stock Exchange. It has a wide, 67 percent foreign ownership, while \nit has maintained a strong domestic private ownership. UPM has approximately \n86,000 shareholders in Finland.</span> </span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>For additional \ninformation:</strong> <br />Mika Mikkola, Vice President, Investor Relations, tel. \n<span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">+358 40 595 3202<a title=\"Call: +358 40 595 3202\" href=\"/EN/MEDIA/All-news/Pages/UPM-reaches-one-hundred-years-of-stock-exchange-listing-001-Tue-01-Sep-2015-12-00.aspx#\" style=\"margin:0px;border:currentcolor;left:0px;top:0px;width:16px;height:16px;right:0px;bottom:0px;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:middle;float:none;display:inline;white-space:nowrap;\"></a></span></span><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> </font></span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">UPM, Media \nRelations<br />9.00-16.00 EET<br />tel. <span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\" style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">+358 40 \n588 3284<a title=\"Call: +358 40 588 3284\" href=\"/EN/MEDIA/All-news/Pages/UPM-reaches-one-hundred-years-of-stock-exchange-listing-001-Tue-01-Sep-2015-12-00.aspx#\" style=\"margin:0px;border:currentcolor;left:0px;top:0px;width:16px;height:16px;right:0px;bottom:0px;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:middle;float:none;display:inline;white-space:nowrap;\"></a></span><br /><a href=\"mailto:media@upm.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">media@upm.com</font></span></a><br /><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/UPM_News\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">www.twitter.com/UPM_News</font></span></a><br /><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/UPMGlobal\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">www.facebook.com/UPMGlobal</font></span></a><br /><a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/company/upm-kymmene\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">www.linkedin.com/company/upm-kymmene</font></span></a></span><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> \n</font></span></p><p><span style=\"font-size:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Through the renewing of the \nbio and forest industries, UPM is building a sustainable future across six \nbusiness areas: UPM Biorefining, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Paper Asia, UPM \nPaper Europe and North America and UPM Plywood. 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