Finland timber and lumber wood’s production contains softwood and hardwood sorts of wood such as Pine, Spruce, Birch, while most are Pine and Spruce then softwoods are more available as Finland wood industries.
In wood industry of Finland different kind of wood like sawmill, timber, lumber, wood wall panel, decking boards, Thermo wood, parquets and floorings, construction woods (contains solid or laminated), plywood, stone wood, etc. could be found. Then a wide range of wood and wood products get produced and exported to different countries inside and outside Europe.
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Wood factories:
Many of jobs in Finland is related to wood industry, the main reason could be forest and forest management which makes it sustainable resource for the country. Some factories are active in wood industry directly, such as sawmill, planning, cutting, painting workshops, flooring factories, etc. and many jobs indirectly are because of forest industry such as paint manufacturers which produce wooden coating materials.
Wood industries range from a huge sawmill company until a small carpentry workshop has made different kind of jobs for people as well as export goods which has positive effect on GDP and economy.
Round logs:
Different usages of round logs in construction beams or log houses has made this product interesting for exporting an sawmills could make logs ready for different construction usages such as cottages (log houses) or internal construction beams.
Also, many countries prefer to import long round woods and do all processes inside their countries.
Wood panels:
Wooden panels are very usable in building terraces, yards, walls, decking, gardens, and landscapes while normal planed, tongue & grooves or deck shapes with variety designs could make our home more pleasant.
Wooden wall panels or decking boards are offered in wood supply stores ready to use even painted with different colors which customers due to architect or interior designer’s idea could buy and install them easily.
Wall wooden panels are very light and even could be installed as portable dividers inside houses also.
Decking boards which are used as terrace, landscape, yard decking could be used in decking boards or decking tiles. Wooden decking boards are installed with screws and are fixed, but wooden decking tiles which are contains of pine or spruce boards on plastic pad could be used as portable tiles and easily could be installed and collected. Most usages on wooden deck tiles are in terraces.
Veneer
Veneers are manufactured by different a log firmly at each end in a lathe and rotating it against a knife. The veneer is made from the lathe knife in a continuous ribbon that is clipped to desired widths or to eliminate defects. After drying, the veneers are sorted into sets, each of which will form a plywood panel of the desired thickness and size. Alternate sheets are coated with glue that forms a waterproof bond when subjected to high temperature and pressure in a hot press. The rough plywood panels are then trimmed and may be sanded.
Plywood
Plywood is an engineered product. Wood is reduced to thin sheets of veneer, then glued together with the grain direction of adjacent sheets at right angles, making each panel stable and strong.
Wood treatment for its durability:
Wood is considered as a durable and sustainable construction or building material, but when we want to make it more durable especially in outdoor usages, some treatment such as thermo treatment which produces Thermo wood or impregnation which produces impregnated wood, or stone process which produces stone wood, could help me get more durable wood products for exterior or outdoor usages.
Many companies in Finland are active in wood processing and a big part of wood export to other countries are processed or treated wood products.
These products with different names in global markets are introduced and sold but all aim to wood durability or outdoor usages.
Coating or painting wood for interior and exterior usages are very important, especially in outdoor usages which UV of sun radiates to wood products, could change its color to gray after a while and its appearance seems old. Using UV protections such as decking oils, wood panel paints or coating could really help to keep our outdoor & indoor wooden products fresher and more beautiful.
Wooden Sauna:
Using sauna in many countries is a common culture while in some countries such as Finland, Estonia, Sweden, it is one important part of culture.
We see wooden Sauna in almost all European countries and using Alder, Aspen, Pine, Spruce woods in building Sauna could make it more pleasant and resistant. Sauna could be bought in ready pack or based on a design or idea could be made from suitable woods.
Wooden garden furniture:
Many people would like to have wooden garden furniture instead of metal of plastic ones while it makes a better and more natural feeling. Also many believe that wood could bring positive energy in home and that is why human always prefer to use wooden furniture. In garden, terraces and yards almost all furniture and instruments could be made from wood for example gazebo, pergola, chairs & table, decking and walls, kid playing instruments, lights, etc. and with a landscape designer’s idea, we could enjoy from natural wood inside and outside our home.
Woodworking as a hobby!
Working with wood and building different things could be as a hobby for everyone. There are many people who would like to have a small wood workshop in garage or corner of yard for making some furniture which has found its design or idea in magazines or internet.
Actually, it is not very difficult to have a home workshop and be a amateur carpenter for our family, or maybe weekend with kids in the wood workshop and create wooden handy crafts which could develop our kids mind.
Coating and painting with desirable color could make our wooden product even better for using.
For our workshop at home, we need some simple woodworking instrument which could be found easily in construction supplier stores.
Safety items in wooden workshop especially for family members and kids are very important, then using protection instrument could help a lot.