UPM to expand seedling production in Finland and Uruguay
Feb 25 2011 UPM expands its nursery in Joroinen, Finland, and builds a second nursery in Uruguay to secure the availability of high quality seedlings and seed material.
The expansion of the Joroinen nursery includes a new greenhouse to be taken into use during summer 2011. The first seedlings from the new greenhouse will be planted in the forests during the 2012 planting season. Joroinen nursery was founded in 1980 and employs about 30 persons during peak time.Forestal Oriental, UPM’s plantation company in Uruguay, builds a new nursery in Guichón, in the department of Paysandu. The new nursery is estimated to be ready in March next year. It will employ about 100 people.Forestal Oriental produces seedlings of two eucalyptus species.