Metsäliitto donates 1.2 million Euros to universities
Nov 23 2010 Metsäliitto Group has donated 1,2 million Euros to five Finnish universities.
The Finnish government adds 625,000 Euros on top of each Metsäliitto donation, resulting in a grant of 875,000 Euros to each university.
With the donations, Metsäliitto wants to support research and higher education, which are important factors for the forest industry’s ability to attract young people in the future.
”I think that our donation also secures that successful innovations, based on domestic wood, will be made also in the future,” said Kari Jordan, CEO of Metsäliitto.
Just about a month ago the Finnish Forest Industries Federation donated four million Euros to the Aalto University in Helsinki.