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BIOFORE
C ON T E N T S
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EDITORIAL
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TOWARDS THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
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CONTENTS
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IN TIME
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BOOSTING EUROPE’S
BIOECONOMY
As the next big wave of global economic
development, the bioeconomy poses
a positive challenge to our fossil fuel
dependence.
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UNITED ON THE BIO-FRONT
Finland is returning to its traditional
source of wealth. Well over half of the
nation’s sustainable innovations come
from forests.
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OUT WITH FOSSIL MATERIALS, IN
WITH RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES
UPMpromotes new bio-projects both
through its own investments and
international collaboration.
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INNOVATING A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE
Pioneering R&D places UPMat
the forefront of the bioeconomic
breakthrough.
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CLEANER CITY TRAFFIC WITH
WOOD-BASED DIESEL
UPM teams up with experts to conduct
field tests of its wood-based diesel fuel
in Helsinki city buses.
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SLUSH DRIVES GREEN GROWTH
The spotlight was green at this year’s
Slush, one of the world’s key business
events dedicated to growth and
technology.
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The European
bioeconomy is
already a major
economic sector
accounting for nearly
18 million jobs.
The Paris Climate
Convention sends a
strong message to the
business commmunity,
says Finnish Minister
Kimmo Tiilikainen.
UPM has been cultivating
eucalyptus for pulp
production in Uruguay for
a quarter century. Long-
term monitoring ensures the
plantations are managed
sustainably.
UPM’s Changshu mill
produces less waste
and uses less water and
energy per tonne of
paper than any other
producer in China.
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