Press releases 2008

• EU seals climate package – most forest industry needs taken into account 12/18/2008
• Timber sales weak in November 12/18/2008
• Kari Jordan to be chairman of the Board of Directors of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation 11/24/2008
• Furniture and Joinery Industries Association joins the Finnish Forest Industries Federation as an association member 11/24/2008
• Forest Industry Review, 29 October 2008 10/29/2008
• EU Commission recognises that the industry’s systems are a reliable for tracing the origins of timber 10/20/2008
• September timber sales statistics - Timber sales wane despite a remarkable tax benefit 10/20/2008
• New basic qualification for the process industry to be introduced in autumn 2010 10/15/2008
• August timber sales statistics: End of tax deduction for first thinning livens up timber sales in Finland 9/8/2008
• New logo for the Finnish Forest Industries Federation 9/4/2008
• July timber sales: Tax decision provides quick boost for timber sales 8/21/2008
• Drafting of wood products cluster research strategy completed – regeneration conditions to be strengthened through joint research 8/20/2008
• European public procurement principles must be well defined and promote the unimpeded functioning of the single market 7/18/2008
• Timber sales develop disappointingly 7/8/2008
• New collective agreement for the salaried staff 6/17/2008
• Roundwood sales liven up in May – need still exceeds availability twofold 6/16/2008
• Conciliation process of the salaried staff agreement continued today 6/13/2008
• Forest industry environment report 2007 – atmospheric emissions and the amount of landfill waste decrease significantly 6/13/2008
• Negotiations on salaried employees agreement 6/5/2008
• Roundwood sales somewhat livelier in April – wood need still exceeds availability twofold 5/21/2008
• Forest industry production in Finland in January-March 2008: Wood sales expected to pick up - situation in the forest industries remains tight 5/8/2008
• Forest industry production down 5% in January-March 5/8/2008
• Sawmills' production down by one-fourth 5/8/2008
• Лесная промышленность Финляндии располагает эффективными системами отслеживания происхождения древесины 5/6/2008
• Stefan Sundman appointed Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment, at the Finnish Forest Industries Federation 4/18/2008
• New collective agreement concluded in the paper industry 4/11/2008
• Antro Säilä appointed as head of Business Environment and Innovation unit at the Finnish Forest Industries Federation 3/17/2008
• Forest Industry Review 18 February 2008 2/18/2008
• Paper Workers' Union's planned actions cancelled in Stora Enso's Finnish pulp and paper units 2/5/2008
• Collective bargaining under way in the Finnish paper industry 2/5/2008
• Short strike in certain Finnish mills 2/1/2008
• Finnish Forest Industries Federation's Pertti Laine appointed CEO of Muutostieto Oy 1/28/2008
• Unrealistic goal for more renewable energy undercuts sensible use of wood 1/23/2008
• EU energy package weakens the competitiveness of the Finnish forest industry on the world market 1/23/2008
• Roundwood sales at record level in Finland in 2007 1/20/2008
• Occupational wellbeing study commences in the paper industry 1/11/2008
• Education in the forest sector should be concentrated and coordinated 1/9/2008
• Natural management of Finnish commercial forests and voluntary conservation methods are in a key role in METSO 1/8/2008