BUSINESS TODAY

Intercultural issues in Finland

1st December 2014

Paper & Pulp

Contents
The pride of the Finnish
business

The people behind the

success

Technology

Design

Forest Industry (Pulp & Paper)

Forest Industry in Brief Backbone of Finnish

Economy
- EUR 19.4 million

EUR 6.8 million: Wood

products industry
EUR 12.6 million: Pulp
and paper industry

- 2/3 of land area is forest

- Ideal conditions (harsh climate + rocky soil)
- 188 000 lakes

Waterways

Move logs to mills

Pulp & Paper a part of Finnish forest industry

History
Jan 1667
Hand-paper
machine

50 paper mills

Mill was
operated
1713

1764
First commercial
paper mill in Turku

First machine
paper mill
1842

Pulp

Paper

Products

Paperboard

Packaging Paper

Achievement
7th largest producer of paper and paperboard (RISIs Statistic Data,
2011) 11 329 ton
4th

$ 16 227 million

5th

$ 13 920 million

Technology Industry
Nokia
Game

Design

The People Behind The Success

Fredrik Idestam (18381916)
industrialist, founder of Nokia
Ltd, organizational leader in the
forest products industry.

Kari Kairamo (19321988) Chairman

(19861988) and CEO of Nokia (1977
1988).
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (1953) former
Chairman, CEO and President of Nokia,
currently chairs the committee for
World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.
Jorma Ollila (1950) Chairman (1999
2012) and CEO (19922006) of Nokia,
Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch
Shell since 2006, member of the Board
of Directors of UPM-Kymmene since
1997.

Sari Baldauf (1955) former Nokia

executive (19942005), currently a
member of a number of executive
boards of Finnish and international
companies.

Aatos Erkko (19322012) journalist, principal owner of

Sanoma Corporation and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat,
philanthropist and one of the most influential people in
Finland.

Harry Harkimo (1953) Chairman of the board of the

Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit, the developer of the
team's home arena, Hartwall Areena, and an investor in
sports.

Armi Ratia
Armia Ratia was born
on 13 July, 1912
in Plkjrvi, Karelia. Died
on 3 October 1979 in
Helsinki.

Antti Herlin
Antti Herlin was born
on 14th of November,
1956 in Kirkkonummi,
Finland.
Antti Herlin is the
richest man in Finland.
His fortune accounts for
approximately 9.5
billion dollars.

Bjrn Arne Christer Wahlroos

He was born on 10th of
October, 1952 in Helsinki.
Bjrn Wahlroos is
the Chairman of the
Board in Sampo
Group, Nordea and
UPM-Kymmene.

Rudolf Walden (1878-1946)

Rudolf Walden was born
in Helsinki Finland on
December 1, 1878.
Died on November 1,
1946.
He was
a Finnish industrialist and
a military leader.