Metsä Group
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| legal form | cooperative |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat |
Helsinki , Finland
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| management | Kari Jordan (President & CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 9,599 |
| sales | 5.016 billion euros |
| Branch | Paper industry, forestry |
| Website | www.metsagroup.fi |
| Status: 2015 | |
The Metsä Group (until February 2012 Metsäliitto ) is a Finnish company in the paper and forestry industry. The group is the largest cooperative company in Europe in this business area . The Metsä Group is owned by the Metsäliitto Cooperative , which in turn is owned by around 116,000 Finnish forest owners. The company's headquarters are in Helsinki .
history
At the beginning of the 20th century, several Finnish forest owners joined forces to form the Metsäliitto Cooperative in order to have a better market position in price negotiations for their timber . In 1949, the company opened its first sawmills and, in addition to producing lumber, also began producing wood pulp and paper .
Forestry became an important part of the Finnish economy and the company was able to expand internationally in the early 1960s.
structure
The Metsä Group is a subsidiary of the Metsäliitto Cooperative , which in turn is owned by around 116,000 Finnish forest owners. It is divided into five divisions, which cover the entire process of wood pulp and paper production .
- Metsä Forest (forest company)
- Metsä Wood (wood processing, formerly Finnforest)
- Metsä Fiber (pulp production)
- Metsä Board , (papermaking, formerly M-real)
- Metsä Tissue ( soft tissue manufacture )
The Metsä Group operates in a total of 30 countries.