The Finnish forest industry’s reputation as a producer of highly processed products has been hit hard, as demand for printing paper has dwindled. The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) recently noted that the value added to the national economy by each cubic metre of wood processed has declined since the paper industry’s ‘golden age’. Additionally, if the amount of wood available for processing decreases due to climate protections, the challenge becomes even greater. Now, Finnish forestry firms want to make something more expensive out of wood than pulp.Metsä Group discontinued production of printing paper in 2016. As a result, more of the company’s pulp has been sold instead of being made into more expensive products. …Stora Enso has also almost completely abandoned printing paper and converted its machines to produce cardboard, among other things.