Vision
The outlook for the Finnish sawn timber industry is positive in many ways.
The key factor for the success lies predominantly in the competiveness mainly against Swedish, Russian and German industries.
Corner stones for the competitiveness are:
- Customer focus
- Cost effectiveness
- Quality and availability of raw material
- Functionality of the by product market
- Skilled personnel
The Finnish sawmilling industry has excellent possibilities to produce goods for the global market place.
Renewable raw material and hi-tech
Thanks to long term forest policies and practices Finnish forest resources are higher than ever before. Global market trends favour renewable materials from sustainable sources.
New sawmilling technologies and digitalization facilitate better customer focus and operational concepts in sawmilling, which in turn enhances the possibilities for added value and modification into products, which are suitable for a multitude of end uses.
Thanks to the recent developments in biotechnologies the byproduct market for sawmills seems to be developing in the right direction.
Knowhow is the key
In the future, the wood products industry requres more and more people with a wider understanding of various parts of the business.
The industry offers challenging and versatile job opportunities for skilled and ambitious young people in the areas of raw material procurement, production, sawmilling technology, international trade and digitalization.
The roots of Finnish sawmilling are deep in the country. An ever increasing forest base of good quality raw material ensures that the Finnish sawmills will retain their place as one of the key export industries in Finland.
