Finnish Papermakers Embrace Online World as Slump Ends
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Finland’s paper industry is making a comeback after a decade-long decline. But it won’t be by making paper.
The industry is reinventing itself -- 140 years after the first pulp factory gave birth to Finland’s chemical forest industry. Cardboard boxes and wood-based chemicals now stand to become staples as the industry crippled by the emergence of the Internet embraces opportunities brought by online shopping and renewable fuels.