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THE MAGNIFICENT
HALIÇ SUBWAY BRIDGE
IN ISTANBUL WAS
CONSTRUCTED WITH THE
HELP OF UPM PLYWOOD
– AS WERE ALL MODERN
BRIDGES OVER
ISTANBUL’S FAMOUS
GOLDEN HORN BAY.
NEW UPM GRADA
LAUNCHES
This year, design products made of UPM
Grada were presented in the La Triennale
design museum's EcoDesign exhibit in Milan.
At the beginning of April, the exhibit show-
cased design that makes sustainable develop-
ment visible throughout the products' entire life-
cycle. Ecology has been taken into account in
everything, from material choices, production
and use of the products, to their recycling and
possible disposal.
UPM Grada products have been created by
top Finnish designers, such as
Eero Aarnio
,
Harri Koskinen
and
Kristiina Lassus
. They have
used innovative wooden material to make a
range of products, including chairs, shelves,
room dividers and interior decoration items.
In the future, UPM Grada will also be
seen in products by the Finnish furniture
manufacturer Isku. UPM Plywood and Isku
have signed a partnership agreement for the
use of UPM Grada and WISA birch plywood.
Isku is going to start using UPM Grada in
all form-pressed products and components
manufactured at its Lahti factory.