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History

Kuhmo Oy was founded in 1955 and sawmilling commenced in 1959.
Kuhmo Oy was founded by local people and entrepreneurs and it has stayed in local ownership ever since. Kuhmo Oy with it’s local owners and personnel has always felt the importance of it’s social responsibility as a provider of employment and wealth to both local people as well as enterprises.

Kuhmo Oy has produced timber in three different sites in its history, Kuhmo, Valtimo and Hyrynsalmi. Since 1986 the production has been concentrated in Kuhmo. From that year’s 90,000m3 Kuhmo Oy has grown into a company with a capacity of 350,000m3.
This was made possible with a circa 100 million Euro investment program. That includes two sawing lines which have totally changed piece handling lines for unseasoned and dry timber and kiln drying. Another important part is the considerable bio-energy investments for creating heat and electricity from our by-products and the production of solid bio fuel, briquette from sawdust.

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In Kuhmo we produce almost all timber products from standard sizes to tailor made products in compliance with customer requirements. In addition to this we can offer processed goods in co-operation with local woodworking companies.
We supply competitive products to almost all woodworking sectors. Apart from the important domestic market we are also well represented in Western Europe, North Africa and Far East.

 

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Forestry

Kuhmo Oy is the largest forestry company in Kainuu. We use the two main species of the local forests, pine 80% and spruce 20%. Our main suppliers are state forests and local private forest owners. We are often the sole buyer to many forest owners as we can use up to 90% of commercially harvested round wood. This is made possible by our investment into sawing equipment capable of handling small size round wood coming from thinning operations and tops of trees.

 

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Kuhmo Oy

Kuhmo Oy is a dynamic, internationally operating private sawmill. Our commitment is in providing high quality products to match customer’s needs with full compliance with environmental sustainability requirements and certification.

Our raw material, pine and spruce, grow in the tough northern climate providing dense and slow grown timber. It is best northern raw material coming from the sustainably maintained forests of Kainuu. Timber is a natural product that can be used as bio fuel at the end of its usage.

Our product is identified by the URSUS shipping mark. The slow grown and beautiful wood from Kuhmo is most suitable for interior decoration as well as joinery and furniture production. The strength properties are also excellent for its use in structural and load bearing applications.

 

 

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