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A raw megatrend

Monday 27 March 2023. – Plywood production films from the 50s and 60s present huge logs. Human arms are too short to get around the trunks. Logs are peeled to

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Show me the wood

Monday 13 March 2023. – I was last week in Dubai Woodshow for the first time. I was positively surprised. The fair was an active one. The hallways were full

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Vintage plywood from Russia

Friday 24 February 2023. – A year ago Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border. In addition to being absurd and pointless, the war today is stuck. The demand is high

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AI hits plywood

Friday 10 February 2023. – Lately, there has been a lot of fuss around artificial intelligence and the ChatGPT application. The company behind, OpenAI, has started a race where the

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Spinning Jenny of plywood sales

Monday 30 January 2023. – In the 18th century, the Spinning Jenny started the industrial revolution. Compared to manual work, one worker could produce eight times more cotton fabric with

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Plywood year 2023

Monday 16 January 2023. – Oddly enough, predicting the 2023 plywood business landscape 2023 seems easy. The overall market sentiment is unanimous. Interest rates and inflation are high. Activity slows

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Resetting plywood mind

Monday 19 December 2022. – When I was a kid my family had a cat called Moro. He was talented at sleeping. He slept most of the day with apparently

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Can you trust a Finn?

Monday 5 December 2022. – On Tuesday 6 December Finland celebrates its 105th independence day. The day has always been important for us Finns. We treasure our grandparents’ perseverance in

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15 mm of plywood every year

Friday 18 November 2022. – Last Tuesday earth’s population reached 8 billion. The plywood industry is not directly related to birthrate or mortality, but I started to wonder how much plywood

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