Wood’s journey – sustainably from Finnish forests to downtown Tokyo
The spruce trees grown in Jukka Heikkonen’s forest are soon to be used for building the Finnish Metsä Pavilion in Japan. During the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020, the stylish wooden pavilion will serve as a meeting point for the Finnish Olympic team. The use of Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) elements enables fast, light and green construction.All the wood raw material that Metsä Wood uses comes from sustainably managed forests such as Jukka Heikkonen’s family-owned forest. The wood will be engineered into Kerto LVL products that offer innovative and lightweight solutions for building