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Nordic Bioproducts Group

Event Report / Pulp & Beyond 2024

15 April 2024

6 minutes

Pulp & Beyond gathered 8000 visitors at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. On show at the exhibition was Metsä Spring’s Kuura fibre made from locally sourced softwood pulp at their bioproducts mill in Central Finland.

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