UPM Kalso Veneer Mill
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LOCATION
Vuohijärvi, Finland, approx. 135 km from Helsinki.
PERSONNEL
130
PRODUCTION CAPACITY
80 000 m3
PRODUCTS
Rotary cut spruce veneers, used mainly as reverse side veneers for the parquet industry.
HISTORY
1806 Water-driven sawmill is founded at Siikakoski
1918 Leather factory is built, production never started
1934 Foundation of Plywood Mill by Kalso Oy/Oy Grahn Ltd
1974 First experiments with reverse side veneers
1979 Veneer deliveries starts
1986 Kalso-Teollisuus Oy acquires the mill
1993 Part of Kymmene Group
1996 Part of UPM-Kymmene Group
2004 UPM-Kymmene Wood Oy is established