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April 28, 2026

Keitele chooses to upgrade its sawmill, not build new

The Finnish sawmill industry has seen significant investments in recent years, some of which have occurred during a period of strong cost inflation. The runaway investment costs may cast a long shadow over profitability in the coming decades. Keitele Group decided to choose a different path: to invest, but counter-cyclically and by utilizing the existing factory infrastructure.    Existing infrastructure put to good use    Over the past ten years, Keitele Group has implemented several significant investment and development projects. A mechanical wood processing center was built at the Kemijärvi mill and ...

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