What can wood do?
The Uusi puu competition, organized for the fifth time, invited companies to solve global challenges. In the 2023 competition, new wood-based products and solutions are again being sought.
What can wood do?
The Uusi puu competition, organized for the fifth time, invited companies to solve global challenges. In the 2023 competition, new wood-based products and solutions are again being sought.
The entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
1. 3D printing in the manufacture of wood composite products – 3DStep
2. Folded protection for e-commerce – Fold project, VTT and Aalto University*
3. Completely plastic-free toy packaging – Paptic and Fischertechnik
4. Fancy and easy to recycle paperboard packaging for chocolates – Metsä Board and Kultasuklaa
5. Application for tracing the origin of wood – SilvaTrace
6. Wooden honeycomb packaging – Korpikuusikon Hunaja
7. Waste-reducing wood-based food packaging – Woodly
8. Saturating kraft paper suitable for lignin-based resin – MM Kotkamills*
9. Extra-durable birch formwork panel – Metsä Wood
10. Biochar-amended soil for green construction – GRK Finland ja Carbon Balance Finland*
11. Wood-based packaging for wood-fibre cutlery – Pyroll Packaging Group and Nature Line Cutlery
12. Fully fibre-based pastry packaging – UPM Specialty Papers and Fazer*
13. Wood panel with embedded intelligence – Koskisen*
Parliament Members
Sari Essayah, Christian Democratic party
Ari Koponen, Finns Party
Mikko Ollikainen, Swedish People’s Party
Mikko Savola, Centre Party
Saara-Sofia Siren, National Coalition Party
Business and Reserch
Pirjo Kääriäinen, Professor, Aalto University
Ville Leminen, Associate Professor, LUT University
Maarit Lindström, Director, Finnish Forest Industries
Matti Mäkelä, Managing Director, Finnish Forest Foundation
Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, Senior Advisor, VTT
Virpi Korhonen
Project Manager
Uusi puu
Metsäviestintä Oy
Email virpi.korhonen (at) uusipuu.fi
Phone +358-400-400 697973