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UPM Silvesta develops new methods for burning retention tree groups
The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has granted UPM Silvesta a state subsidy of EUR 40,000 for a development project titled “Towards new operating culture and cost-effective nature conservation – burning retention tree groups in privately owned forests”. The Ministry considers the proposed measures conducive to the implementation of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland (METSO) and the achievement of targets set out for commercial forests. The project will be carried out in cooperation by UPM Forest and UPM Silvesta.
The project will develop the methods of burning retention tree groups as part of nature management of commercial forests. The aim is to devise a practical procedure that secures natural biodiversity and is feasible nation-wide, cost-effective, promotes new collaborative culture and increases the awareness and acceptance of nature conservation amongst forestry practitioners. The model will lay the basis for extensive nature conservation measures to be carried out alongside commercial forestry.
"Naturally recurring forest fires create a succession of conditions in the forest ecology. Some forest species specialise in living under such conditions. Since the frequency of wildfires and deliberate burning as part of silvicultural techniques has fallen, populations specialising in post-fire environments have grown increasingly rare," says Jukka Koivumäki, Managing Director of UPM Silvesta
UPM has devised new burning methods for a number of years as part of its biodiversity programme to secure the continued existence of post-fire species.
"Follow-ups indicate that burning even minor retention tree groups has positive impacts on the ecological system. The project has previously been implemented in UPM-owned forests. Private forest owners now have the opportunity to participate and increase post-fire habitats in their own forest," says Koivumäki.
Leaving individual trees or scattered groups of trees standing at final cutting is one of the most common nature management measures in commercial forests. Research shows that retention trees are significant for ecological diversity, but further practical solutions are required. It is also important that forest owners are motivated and encouraged to set aside retention trees and to implement other nature management measures in their commercially used forests.
For further information, please contact:
Jukka Koivumäki, Managing Director, UPM Silvesta, tel. +358 (0)204 16 4790
Timo Lehesvirta, Director, Sustainable Forestry, UPM, tel. +358 (0)400 752 212
Sami Oksa, Environment Manager, UPM Forest, tel. +358 (0)204 16 4648
UPM Silvesta
UPM Silvesta specialises in forestry assignments and nature and landscape related services. It employs approximately 200 forest workers and a network of subcontractors who are in charge of performing the work at a high standard. Silvesta professionals remove trees from residential plots and summer cottages on request and efficiently perform other forest management tasks. The company operates throughout Finland with the exception of Lapland.
For further information: www.silvesta.fi
UPM Forest
UPM Forest is in charge of wood procurement for UPM’s Finnish mills and for the management of company forests in Finland. The company owns some 915,000 hectares of forests and has its own nursery. Most of the wood required by the mills is procured from privately owned Finnish forests. UPM Forest conducts more than 30,000 timber procurement deals each year and offers forest owners diverse, high-quality and competitive forestry services, as well as selling Bonvesta plots of land and forest lots. UPM Forest has more than 100 forest service offices around Finland. For further information: www.upm-kymmene.fi/metsa, www.puukauppa.com or www.bonvesta.fi
UPM’s biodiversity programme
UPM implements a global biodiversity programme in its own forests. The programme aims to secure diversity as part of sustainable forest use and to promote the best forestry practices. The programme relies on six key issues of natural biodiversity. These are native tree species, deadwood, valuable habitats, forest structure, water ecosystems and natural forests. International targets and national schemes regarding the key issues are set forth in the programme.
UPM and METSO
UPM actively participates in the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland (METSO). The Group wishes to promote sustainable forestry and forest conservation on a voluntary basis. UPM puts high value on cost-efficient nature conservation and combining ecological data with forestry expertise. METSO also creates a platform for active nature management measures. Environmental State subsidies for forestry have been introduced to cover additional costs or losses arising from the preservation of biological diversity or other nature management measures. UPM offers forest owners a wide selection of nature management services which qualify for METSO funding or environmental State subsidies.
The UPM biodiversity programme embraces the measures set out in the METSO programme.
Invitation to Pöyry's Q1 2010 result news conferences on 21 April 2010
Pöyry PLC's Q1 interim result will be published 21 April 2010 at 8:30 a.m. Finnish time. News conferences will be held as follows:
- A conference in Finnish will be arranged at 12 p.m. Finnish time at Restaurant Savoy, Eteläesplanadi 14, Helsinki, Finland.
- An international conference call and webcast in English will begin at 5:00 p.m. Finnish time (EET).
10:00 a.m. US EDT (New York)
3:00 p.m. GMT (London)
4:00 p.m. CET (Paris)
5:00 p.m. EET (Helsinki)
The webcast may be followed online on the company's website www.poyry.com. A replay can be viewed on the same site the following day.
To attend the conference call please dial
US: +1 334 323 6201
Other countries: +358 9 2313 9201
Conference id: 862903
Due to the live webcast, we kindly ask those attending the international conference call and webcast to be present 5 minutes prior to the start of the event.
Additional information by:
Peggy Hagberg, Executive Assistant Investor Relations
+ 358 (0)10 3322629
Ahlstrom's CEO Jan Lång at AGM: Outlook unchanged
The outlook published in the Ahlstrom Corporation's financial statements bulletin on February 3, 2010, remains unchanged, said President & CEO Jan Lång in his review at the company's Annual General Meeting in Helsinki today.
Ahlstrom expects the Group net sales to increase compared to 2009, but remain lower than in 2008. EBIT excluding non-recurring items is estimated to increase from 2009.
Pulp prices have risen since last summer, and Ahlstrom actively strives for sales price increases. The demand for Ahlstrom's products in the first months of 2010 has developed as anticipated.
Ahlstrom Corporation
Jan Lång, President & CEO
Further information
Jan Lång, President & CEO, tel. +358 10 888 4700
Seppo Parvi, CFO, tel. +358 10 888 4768
All AGM material including the CEO's presentation is available at www.ahlstrom.com > Investors.
Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media
www.ahlstrom.com
Ahlstrom in brief
Ahlstrom is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers. Ahlstrom´s products are used in a large variety of everyday applications, such as filters, wipes, flooring, labels, and tapes. Based upon its unique fiber expertise and innovative approach, the company has a strong market position in several business areas in which it operates. Ahlstrom's 5,800 employees serve customers via sales offices and production facilities in more than 20 countries on six continents. In 2009, Ahlstrom's net sales amounted to EUR 1.6 billion. Ahlstrom's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. The company website is at www.ahlstrom.com.
Stora Enso Oyj - Decisions of annual general meeting
Stora Enso's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 31 March 2010 adopted the accounts for 2009 and granted the Company's Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer discharge from responsibility for the period.
Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the covering of losses.
The AGM approved a proposal by the Board of Directors that the parent company's loss for the accounting period last ended and the losses from previous periods evidenced in the parent company's balance sheet, in aggregate approximately EUR 1 251.3 million be covered through the decrease of the parent company's fund for invested unrestricted equity with the same amount.
Distribution of funds
The AGM also approved a proposal by the Board of Directors that EUR 0.20 per share, a maximum aggregate of EUR 158 million, be distributed to the shareholders from the parent company's fund for invested unrestricted equity (the Distribution).
The Distribution shall be paid to shareholders that on the Distribution record date, 7 April 2010, are recorded in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd or in the separate register of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB for Euroclear Sweden registered shares. The Distribution payable for Euroclear Sweden registered shares will be forwarded by Euroclear Sweden AB and paid in Swedish krona. The Distribution payable to ADR holders will be forwarded by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and paid in US dollars.
The AGM approved a proposal by the Board of Directors that the Distribution shall be paid by the Company on 20 April 2010.
Members of the Board of Directors
The AGM approved a proposal that the Board of Directors shall have eight members and that of the current members of the Board of Directors, Gunnar Brock, Birgitta Kantola, Juha Rantanen, Hans Stråberg, Matti Vuoria and Marcus Wallenberg be re-elected members of the Board of Directors until the end of the following AGM and that Ms Carla Grasso and Mr Mikael Mäkinen be elected new members of the Board of Directors for the same term of office. Claes Dahlbäck, Dominique Hériard Dubreuil and Ilkka Niemi were not seeking re-election.
Remuneration
The AGM approved the proposed annual remuneration for the members of the Board
of Directors as follow:
Chairman EUR 135 000
Deputy Chairman EUR 85 000
Members EUR 60 000
The AGM also approved a proposal that 40% of the remuneration shall be paid in Stora Enso Series R shares purchased from the market.
Stora Enso Oyj - Decisions of annual general meeting
The AGM approved the proposed annual remuneration for the Board committees as follows:
Financial and Audit Committee
Chairman EUR 20 000
Members EUR 14 000
Remuneration Committee
Chairman EUR 10 000
Members EUR 6 000
Auditor
The AGM approved a proposal that the current auditor Authorised Public Accountants Deloitte & Touche Oy be re-elected auditor of the Company until the end of the following AGM. The AGM approved a proposal that remuneration for the auditor be paid according to invoice.
Appointment of the Nomination Committee
The AGM approved a proposal to appoint a Nomination Committee to prepare proposals concerning (a) the number of members of the Board of Directors, (b) the members of the Board of Directors, (c) the remuneration for the Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the Board of Directors and (d) the remuneration for the Chairman and members of the committees of the Board of Directors. The Nomination Committee shall consist of four members:
the Chairman of the Board of Directors
the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
two members appointed by the two largest shareholders (one each) according to the register of shareholders on 30 September 2010.
The largest shareholders are determined on the basis of their shareholdings registered in the Company's shareholders' register. In addition, shareholders who under the Finnish Securities Markets Act have an obligation to disclose certain changes in ownership (shareholder subject to disclosure notification) will be taken into account provided that they notify their shareholdings to the Board of Directors in writing by 30 September 2010.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall convene the Nomination Committee and the Nomination Committee shall at the latest on 31 January 2011 present its proposals to the Board of Directors for the AGM to be held in 2011. A member of the Board of Directors may not be appointed as Chairman of the Nomination Committee. Annual remuneration of EUR 3 000 shall be paid to a member of the Nomination Committee who is not a member of the Board of Directors
Proposal by the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Association The AGM approved a proposal by the Board of Directors that Section 10 of the Articles of Association of the Company be amended so that the notice to the General Meeting shall be issued not later than three weeks before the date of the General Meeting, however, at least nine days before the record date of the General Meeting.
Decisions by the Board of Directors
As its meeting held after the AGM, the Stora Enso Board of Directors elected from among its members Gunnar Brock as its Chairman and Juha Rantanen as Vice Chairman.
Birgitta Kantola will continue as chairwoman of the Financial and Audit Committee. Gunnar Brock and Juha Rantanen were elected new members of this committee.
Matti Vuoria will continue as a member of the Remuneration Committee. Gunnar Brock and Hans Stråberg were elected new members of this committee. Gunnar Brock
was appointed to chair the Remuneration Committee.
For further information, please contact:
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242
Members of Metso Board Committees
Metso Corporation’s Board of Directors elected members among the Board for the Audit Committee and Remuneration and HR Committee at its assembly meeting.
The Board’s Audit Committee consists of Pia Rudengren (Chairman), Maija-Liisa Friman and Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen.
The Board's Remuneration and HR Committee consists of Jukka Viinanen (Chairman), Mikael von Frenckell, Christer Gardell and Yrjö Neuvo.
Personnel representation
Metso’s personnel groups in Finland have elected Jukka Leppänen as the personnel representative. He participates in the meetings of Metso’s Board of Directors as an invited expert, and his term of office is the same as the Board members’ term.
Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com
For further information, please contact:
Aleksanteri Lebedeff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Metso Corporation,
tel. +358 20 484 3240
SKS Vision Systems Oy and Opto-Control Oy joining forces
SKS Vision Systems Oy has announced 15.3.2010 the acquisition of all business operations of Opto-Control Oy. The business will be operated under the name SKS Vision Systems Oy.
The incorporation of these two companies with decades of expertise in optoelectronics, as well as measuring and quality control systems based on machine vision gives SKS Vision Systems the opportunity to offer fully comprehensive service providing the widest range of products.
- Business acquisition strengthens our product range in optical measurement, detection application and sensor technology. Through the acquisition, additional outlets and resources will be available. This will create new growth opportunities in international markets, SKS Vision Systems Oy Kari Rahkola says.
The managing director of Opto-Control Oy, Mr. Lars-Erik Lindelöf will operate as SKS Vision Systems Oy Sales Manager.
Further information is given by Managing Director Kari Rahkola, int. +358 207 648 971, mobile +358 400 641 349 or email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Sales Manager Lars-Erik Lindelöf, int. +358 50 596 0643.
SKS Vision Systems Oy
Kari Rahkola
Managing Director
Metso to supply board making technology to Cheng Loong Corporation in Taiwan
Metso will supply board making technology for Cheng Loong Corporation for their new containerboard production line at Hou-Li paper mill in Taiwan. The production line is scheduled to start up in the second quarter of 2011. The value of the order exceeds EUR 20 million. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology's Q1 orders received.
Metso's delivery will include three headboxes for the 3-ply liner machine with a dilution profiling system for the back ply, a press section and a film size press. The dryer section will be equipped with a moisturizing unit for web moisture profile control.
Established in 1959, Cheng Loong Corporation has four paper mills and five paper box plants in Taiwan. The company's annual production capacity of paper and paperboard is approx. 1.8 million tons.
Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com
Further information for the press, please contact:
Hannu T. Pietilä, Vice President, Sales, Paper business line, Metso
Tel. +358 40 503 4085
Further information for investors, please contact:
Johanna Henttonen, Vice President, Investor Relations, Metso Corporation, tel. +358 20 484 3253
PulPaper 2010 Helsinki on 1-3 June 2010
Bioenergy adds pace to paper industry and forest sector tradeshow
The forest sector’s interest in matters related to bioenergy will be effectively on display at next June’s PulPaper 2010 event in the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre. Some 80% of exhibition capacity has already been sold for the year’s most international tradeshow.
An international conference on the theme Implementing the new rise will be organised in conjunction with the tradeshow. The conference is divided into half-day sessions, which will focus on sub-themes such as the forest industry’s bioenergy issues, cost-effectiveness and resourcing, solutions in sustainable development and technological breakthroughs. A panel comprising President and CEO of the Metsäliitto Group Kari Jordan, Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT President & CEO Erkki Leppävuori, Professor Emeritus Johan Gullichsen and the philosopher Maija-Riitta Ollila, PhD, will discuss these matters during the opening of the event on Tuesday 1 June.
Bioenergy will be present at the exhibition in the form of a dedicated product group as well as in the programme of the conference. The keynote speech of the bioenergy session on Wednesday 2 June will be delivered by Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen on the theme National Energy and Climate Strategy – the role of forest and energy efficiency.
China and France participating with pavilions
“There is considerable worldwide interest in PulPaper 2010 and the Asians in particular will be participating strongly. Almost 300 exhibitors have already signed up,” says Project Manager Marcus Bergström, who is in charge of the event.
According to Bergström, the pavilions different countries are erecting in the exhibition area clearly represent a trend this year. “The Chinese are building a pavilion and the French are also assembling a joint section in which around ten companies will participate. The programme slots of the exhibition area’s Speakers corner venue are almost booked solid. About thirty international forest and paper industry publications are presenting their journals and magazines in the Media Partner Centre, where visitors can go to read up on what’s cooking in the sector,” Bergström continues.
PulPaper, now being arranged for the seventh time, is a tradeshow for the pulp, paper and paperboard industries and by far the most international event of this year. Almost half of the exhibitors and more than one-third of visitors have traditionally been foreigners. The PulPaper 2010 event is organised jointly by Adforum, the Paper Engineers’ Association, the Finnish Fair Corporation and Finland’s leading provider of technical training AEL. The previous PulPaper tradeshow was held in 2007 and it attracted over 16,102 visitors from 78 different countries to Helsinki.
PulPaper 2010
Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre 1-3 June 2010
Open: tue-wed 9 am – 5 pm, fri 9 ma – 4 pm
Further information on the pulp and paper industry:
Paper Engineers' Association
President Pirkko Molkentin-Matilainen, tel. +358 9 132 6696,
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Further information about the tradeshow:
Adforum AB, Project Manager Marcus Bergström, +358 9 150 9401
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Further information about the conference:
AEL, Training Manager Rainer Paloniemi, tel. +358 50 547 2724,
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Welcome to International ICSTI Conference June 10-11, 2010!
ICSTI ’s (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) Annual Conference will take place in Finland for the first time next June. Canada hosted the 2009 conference, Korea the 2008 conference, and the next host in 2011 will be China. ICSTI offers a unique forum for interaction between organizations that create, disseminate and use scientific and technical information. ICSTI's mission cuts across scientific and technical disciplines, as well as international borders, to give member organizations the benefit of a truly global community. The Society for Finnish Information Specialists, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland are the organizers of this year’s conference in Helsinki.
"From Information to Innovation" has been chosen as the main theme of the conference. It sheds light on the significance of information as the enabler and catalyst of scientific, technical and business developments and provides elements of success in building the future. From Information to Innovation” will focus on inspiring sub-themes:
* Information as the lifeblood of research and innovation – Finnish cases
* Intelligent information solutions and services
* Creating the future – towards the global innovation economy.
The programme features e.g. the following significant Finnish and international opinion leaders and experts as speakers: Mikko Kosonen from Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, Petri Peltonen from the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Lee-Ann Coleman from the British Library, Jay Katzen from Elsevier, Jussi Oijala from KONE Corporation, Adam Bly from Seed Media Group, Juan-Carlos Sobrino from Nature Publishing, Mika Waris from the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Juha Korkeila from Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, and Erkki KM Leppävuori, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
The conference and exhibition will give you and your organization impulses and examples of a new mind-set and tools for future success in how to benefit more from existing information and innovative solutions. You’ll have an excellent chance to orient yourself to future innovation competencies and to experiment with innovative information tools.
Who should attend?
* information and knowledge professionals and chief information officers
* executives from private, academic and government sectors
* executives, research and innovation professionals
* information service providers
* publishers and providers of online information
* management and innovation consultants
* science researchers.
Please, register by May 31, 2010. Take advantage of the early bird registration date by April 14, 2010.
More information: http://www.vtt.fi/icsti2010
Stora Enso named as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies in 2010
Stora Enso has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. The Group is recognised for its commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. Out of a record number of nominations for the award, Stora Enso secured its spot on the list for the third time.
"Stora Enso's promotion of a sound ethical environment shines within its industry and shows a clear understanding that operating under the highest standards for business behaviour goes beyond goodwill and "lip-service" and is intimately linked to performance and profitability," said Alex Brigham, Executive Director of the Ethisphere Institute. "This year's World's Most Ethical Companies award was more competitive than ever, because companies realise that making ethics a priority is critical amidst a tough economic environment."
The methodology for the WME ranking includes reviewing codes of ethics, evaluating the investment in innovation and sustainable business practices,looking at activities designed to improve corporate citizenship, and studying nominations from senior executives, industry peers, suppliers and customers.
Through in-depth research and a multi-step analysis, Ethisphere reviewed thousands of nominations from companies in over 100 countries and 36 industries in order to determine the winners. A sampling of other winners include Aflac, American Express, Campbell Soup, the Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Google, L'Oréal, Nike, PepsiCo, Starbucks, T-Mobile USA, UPS, Whole Foods Market and Xerox.
Read about the methodology and view the complete list of the 2010 World's Most Ethical Companies at http://ethisphere.com/wme-2010.
About Ethisphere Institute
The research-based Ethisphere Institute is a leading international think tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti corruption and sustainability.
More information on the Ethisphere Institute, including ranking projects and membership, can be found at www.ethisphere.com.
For further information, please contact:
Eija Pitkänen, SVP Sustainability, tel. +358 2046 21348
Heidi Puusa, Director, Group Identity and Sustainability Communications, tel.
+358 2046 21309