Leading European Wood Products Innovation Award to Finnforest Kerto
18/06/2007The leading European innovation award within the wood products industry, theSchweighofer Prize, has been given to Professor Matti Kairi and FinnforestKerto Laminated Veneer Lumber products. The Schweighofer Prize is an acknowledgement to Matti Kairi, professor of woodtechnology in the Helsinki University of Technology, who has worked for 30years with the Kerto wood products. He worked in the service of MetsäliittoWood Products from 1975 to 2001, for example, in the posts of product manager,production manager and development manager, thus having a remarkable effect onthe