The updated research strategy of the Finnish forest cluster was published last week at the seminar "Forest industry as a builder of the future" in Helsinki.The strategy has the aim of doubling the value of forest cluster products and services by 2030 when compared to their value in 2006. Customer and user viewpoints, new materials and services as well as the bioeconomy are highlighted in the research strategy."In the future bioeconomy, wood will be used for an even wider array of applications, from paper, packaging and buildings to biofuels and a broad spectrum of biomaterials and bioproducts," says Antro Säilä, who is in charge of the Business Environment and Innovation at the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.The focal points of the forest cluster’s research strategy are customer and user as the drivers of development, possibilities offered by new materials, services and business models, and the forest cluster as a builder of a sustainable bioeconomy.