Students of JAMK University of Applied Sciences participate in the production of Metsä Group’s Kuura textile fibre
Metsä Group press release 19 April 2021Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring and the Institute of Bioeconomy at JAMK University of Applied Sciences have launched a cooperation that enables agrology students from JAMK to participate in the production of the Kuura textile fibre at the Äänekoski demo plant. The demo plant is owned by a joint venture between Metsä Spring and ITOCHU Corporation from Japan. A main goal of the on-going project is to demonstrate the feasibility of the production method for the new Kuura textile fibre. The demo plant, which started operations in late 2020,