Monday, September 15, 2025
Koskisen has celebrated the 50th anniversary of their chipboard factory with a special event for invited guests. The occasion brought together customers and partners to mark half a century of Finnish chipboard production.
The day included speeches, factory tours, and discussions about the future of the industry.
“A warm thank-you to all participants for the great atmosphere and valuable encounters!” – Koskisen.
The wood products company Koskisen’s chipboard factory has been manufacturing high-quality, clean chipboard for the furniture and construction industries for 50 years. The factory, commissioned in late summer 1975, was established at a time when the use of chipboard was rapidly expanding, with the boards widely used in interior design and construction. According to Helenius, in the 1980s foreign competition, the decline of trade with the East, and rising production costs led to the closure of several chipboard factories in Finland. Koskisen’s competitive edge in chipboard manufacturing has always been continuous product development and responsiveness to customer needs.
The company’s product development capability is demonstrated by the fact that a few years ago, from a very traditional product, Koskisen developed the world’s first furniture board made entirely from bio-based raw materials: Zero. In this product, the fossil-based binder has been replaced with a renewable wood-based binder, lignin. The wood raw material of the Zero board is sourced from Koskisen’s own production side streams.
Increasing the use of recycled material in chipboard products is one of Koskisen’s sustainability goals. During the pilot, a unique cleaning process for recycled raw material was developed in Finland. Thanks to this process, an exemplary circular economy product is produced, with properties equivalent to chipboard made from virgin chips and shavings.
At Koskisen woodwise is an all-encompassing philosophy of using wood. It is the critical partnership between people, the forest and knowing the true value of wood. Koskisen uses the wood entrusted to it with precision and constantly develops its ability to use wood with increasing effiency and respect. As a result, Koskisen´s customers can expect the very best.
Koskisen sources wood only from legal and responsible sources, ensuring reliability in timber procurement. The company adheres to the best practices and standards of sustainable forestry in all their wood procurement, including PEFC and FSC certifications. In addition, Koskisen uses a chain-of-custody system in all procurement to ensure that wood material is sourced legally and ethically from reliable and identified sources. The origin of all raw materials is always checked so that the forests in protected areas are safeguarded, and wood is not sourced from controversial sources.
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