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Forest industry in Finland

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29: 17: 736: 448: 120:. Sawmills are the largest employer of the sector. Sawmills and board production are highly automatised, but manual skills are still needed in carpentry. Mechanical forest industry employs 26 000 people in Finland. In addition 9000 have a job in furniture production. There are also about 130 industrial sawmills as well as other companies in the wood products industry. 89:
being used. The total length of timber-floating routes in Finland was 40,000 km. Given the economic importance of the activity, the Finnish water act states that "unless otherwise provided by law, everyone has the right, without inflicting unnecessary damage, harm or disturbance, to… float
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is one of the world's largest producer of pulp, paper and cardboard and one of Europe's largest producers of sawn timber. The forest industry directly and indirectly employs approximately 160,000 people in Finland. The industry's multiplier effects extend broadly into surrounding society.
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Chemical forest industry (also known as paper and pulp industry) produces paper, cardboard and pulp. Finland has 25 paper mills, 14 cardboard mills and 15 pulp mills. In 2014 they employed 22 000 people.
101:. Forest industry employed 15% of industrial workers in Finland. The forest industry is the main source of income for many regions in Finland. It accounts for approximately 20 per cent of all Finnish exports. 135:. In 2005-2015 they had to jettison almost half of their employees as the paper production was declining. The companies search new growth in packaging materials and wood-based chemicals. 207: 711: 334: 274: 520: 377: 412: 295: 716: 28: 691: 97:
In 2014 the value of production of forest industry in Finland, including furniture industry, was 20.7 billion euros. This was 18% of all
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timber in the water body…". A log driver competitions is still organised in Finland annually - the
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Mechanical forest industry produces wooden items mechanically:
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Kemi

Albert Edelfelt
Finnish National Gallery
timber
paper
pulp
Finland
Log driving
Oulujoki
Iijoki
Kemijoki
Tukkilaiskisat
industrial production
sawing
turning
glueing
Stora Enso
UPM-Kymmene
Metsä Board
"Metsäteollisuus tutuksi nuorille Tutustu työelämään ja tienaa -kesäharjoitteluohjelmalla"


"Taming the rivers: log driving in Sweden and Finland"
Europeana


"The Finnish forest industry in figures"
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