FINLAND — Metsä Group and Qutwo, a Finnish AI company, are launching a collaboration aimed at deepening the use of artificial intelligence. Metsä will focus initially on productivity in tissue converting lines and on optimising the routing and use of wood from forest to mill, according to Metsä Group. The platform is intended to take into account a broader range of variables and to optimise complex systems simultaneously. The plan includes measures to increase the value derived from wood raw material and to reduce variable costs between the forest and the mill. The work on wood procurement will aim to use multiple factors concurrently to guide the most efficient use of wood from forest to mill and to raise overall value. Metsä already uses AI in predicting forest damage, pricing wood trade and silviculture services, and in valuing forest biodiversity.