Finnish forestry co-op takes "big step forward" in climate-friendly textiles

Metsä Group's Niklas von Weymarn
26 feb. 2025
12:00
Metsä Group CEO Niklas von Weymarn with the Kuura textile
The Finnish forestry giant Metsä Group has begun work on the next big phase of development for its wood-based clothing fibre product Kuura. The company is building a first-of-its-kind bioproduct mill to mass produce it's carbon-cutting textile fibre – made without use of fossil fuels.

Calling it a “big step forward,” Metsä Group, a Finnish forestry cooperative with presence in around thirty international markets, has laid out the next steps in the development of Kuura, its textile fibre. The focus is on the first Kuura mill, which Metsä is beginning to develop, with a view to eventually employing around 250 people and producing 100,000 tonnes of textile fibres per year.

It comes after the group completed a pre-study looking into the viability of Kuura textile production for clothing and other textile applications. The results, based on testing and development work done at a demo biproduct mill in Äänekoski in central Finland, were very encouraging, says Niklas von Weymarn, CEO of Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring.

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