ForestBioFacts as a Support for Studies

The digital learning environment ForestBioFacts offers up-to-date information, source material, and learning resources for students and teachers in universities and universities of applied sciences. In the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Karlsruhe, Germany, which corresponds to Finnish universities of applied sciences, the ForestBioFacts learning environment is available to students for the second year. “Students have free

Hybrid event: Expanding Value from the Forest on 23 Sep, 2024

The ForestBioFacts webinar series continues and this time we will arrange a hybrid event in collaboration with Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association, FinnCERES Flagship, and Aalto Design Factory. Join us to explore some of the latest advancements in the forest sector on September 23. You can join us either in person or remotely via webinar.

Paperi ja Puu Oy is now ForestBioFacts Publishing Oy

Publishing company Paperi ja Puu Oy has changed its company name and the new name is ForestBioFacts Publishing Oy. ForestBioFacts Publishing Oy is a publishing company owned by the Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association and Finnish Forest Industries Federation. The company’s mission is to provide and publish up-to-date information and high-quality learning materials for current

ForestBioFacts – A Handy Everyday Tool for Metsä Group

When the 16-themed digital learning environment ForestBioFacts was launched in 2020, it was immediately adopted by Metsä Board. Today, it serves as a convenient everyday tool accessible to the entire company’s staff. “I don’t use ForestBioFacts every single day, but quite often. In situations where I encounter a newer or more unusual issue, or need

ForestBioFacts grows internationally

ForestBioFacts is getting updates and a test feature. International dimensions are expanding through a network of agents. A systematic round of updates is about to start in the ForestBioFacts learning environment. “We select four themes to deal with each year, checking that the information is up to date and updating existing content, and if new

ForestBioFacts review and update project begins

Since its launch in 2020, ForestBioFacts has established itself as the trusted service used for for example introducing forest-based bioeconomy for industry newcomers, utilising the data for research and development purposes, and as digital learning material in companies and universities and educational institutions worldwide. Today, ForestBioFacts is in use already in over 50 organisations globally

Webinar series on ForestBioFacts started

Webinar series on ForestBioFacts started   All the 16 themes of ForestBioFacts learning environment will be covered over a series of monthly webinars. The first one concentrated on Natural fibre products -theme and what’s new in the field. ForestBioFacts is the largest digital learning environment in the world on forest-based bioeconomy, with over 1 500

Information transformation: Fibers to bits

The author (2nd right) and the team of Feldmühle AG Düsseldorf paper mill PM1 in the summer 1990. The world was changing: The Berlin Wall had come down, internet was still hiding in the universities’ networks. When I was still at school, two students from the Helsinki University of Technology visited our class. They set

Sneak peek to ForestBioFacts

January was a busy month with ForestBioFacts. Hundreds of articles, pictures and glossary and dictionary terms have been placed into the digital learning environment by now and the pace is only accelerating. ForestBioFacts will certainly contain everything you need to know about forest-based products and technologies. A joyful ForestBioFacts Challenge 2020 offered a entertaining sneak