Metsä Spring

The Finnish forest industry group Metsä Group is very active in accelerating a more sustainable future through its innovation company Metsä Spring and other initiatives. Metsä Spring’s activities focus on fostering the development of new materials and bringing together players from the entire value chain. Learn how you can become part of the innovation work in this article!

Niklas von Weymarn, CEO of the innovation company Metsä Spring, spoke to us about successful investments and how impactful new materials are in fighting climate change.

Our society is demanding new packaging solutions to replace single-use plastics. Forest industry group Metsä Group, through its innovation arm Metsä Spring, has joined forces with machine supplier Valmet to jointly develop new bio-based, plastic-free, 3D packages. We spoke to Jarkko Tuominen, Project Lead at Metsä Spring, about the forest-based bioeconomy and his ambition for the new material.

Petro Lahtinen is a chemist and research scientist turned serial entrepreneur. In his first company, he built wooden orthopedic casts for bone fractures and he is now on to replacing ceramics in bathrooms. We spoke to the Founder & CEO of Woodio to find out more about his vision.

StartUs Magazine spoke to the CEO of the CVC Metsä Spring, Niklas von Weymarn, about improving forest-based value-chains and the benefits of working together with innovative startups.

Established in May 2018 as part of Metsä Group, a forerunner in the sustainable bioeconomy, the Corporate Venture Capital arm Metsä Spring is looking for innovative, forest-based solutions to support with Series A investment as well as the Group’s expertise.