COMPETITION 2021

A total of 23 wood-based products and solutions entered the Uusi puu – New Wood 2021 competition. Both the competition and the public vote were won by the UPM Biomedicals FibDex wound care dressing made from nanocellulose. FibDex wound dressing speeds up wound healing and reduces pains experienced by the patients. Read more

Candidates and winners

1. Aesthetically appealing and multi-functional biomaterial — Sulapac (3rd prize)
2. Plastic-free takeaway packaging — Pyroll & Kotkamills (Everyday Heroes Special Recognition)
3. Cost-efficient wooden stairs — Fixtep
4. Wound care dressing from nanocellulose — UPM Biomedicals (1st prize)
5. Paper bag with a paper window — Pyroll
6. Resource-efficient packaging material — Plafco Fibertech
7. Ecological and innovative pet supplies — Sidebay
8. Biocomposite building system — Block solutions
9. Ecological design pet bowl — Venandi Design
10. Recyclable and material-efficient paper straw — Kotkamills & Dolea
11. Forestry products from recycled fibre — Ecopulp Finland
12. Packages from oat hull — Tampere University of Applied Sciences
13. Natural sweetener from birch bark — KoivuBioTech (2nd prize)
14. User-friendly and easy-to-recycle bag-in-box — Lemtapes
15. User-friendly and recyclable pellet packaging — Stora Enso Packaging
16. Flute cup for festive moments — Metsä Board & Esbottle
17. Carbon negative acoustic panel — Lumir
18. Recyclable cartonboard lid — Kotkamills & Kruunukartonki
19. Mask bin — Futupack, Capertum & Metsä Board
20. Wooden design recycling systems — Niimaar
21. Recyclable, plastic replacing candy pouch — Paptic
22. Nanocellulose-laminated wallboard — VTT & Aalto-yliopisto
23. Application for tracing the origin of wood — SilvaTrace

Jury members

Parliament members

Tiina Elo, The Greens
Sari Multala, National Coalition Party
Jari Myllykoski, Left Alliance
Anders Norrback, Swedish People’s Party
Arto Pirttilahti, Centre Party

Business and Reserch

Ali Harlin, Professor, VTT
Erno Järvinen, Managing Director, Finnish Forest Foundation
Juha-Matti Katajajuuri, Senior Scientist, Luke
Nina Kopola, Director General, CEO, Business Finland
Tiina Kähö, Executive Director, Smart & Clean Foundation

Finalists 2021