Food packaging in a supermarket

What we do

Everything we make, from high-performance packaging to biomaterials, is rooted in the forest.

A single wood fiber or log can take many paths. It can protect food on its journey to a store, carry medicines safely across the world, or become part of a building that stands for decades. It can even be transformed into something entirely new, opening the door to innovations we are only beginning to explore.

This is what we do at Stora Enso. We take renewable resources and turn them into quality packaging and other solutions that perform in everyday life. Quietly supporting how products move, how systems work, and how materials flow.

Most of the time, you don’t notice it.

Whether it's the corrugated box your delivery arrives in. The paper cup you grab on the go. The fiber-based packaging that keeps food fresh. Small, everyday moments where the material and its performance matter.

But the story doesn't end there  – and that’s where the shift happens.

Because what a material does after its use matters just as much as what it does during.

By designing for circularity from the start, we make sure materials don’t lose their value after they have been used. Instead, they can be recycled – again and again – into new products, new purposes, new cycles.

That one fiber from the same tree can do more than one job. That’s what makes it powerful.

From packaging to biomaterials to construction, what we make keeps evolving. But the direction stays the same: using renewable resources in smarter ways, reducing reliance on fossil-based and non-renewable materials, and helping build recycling systems where nothing is simply used and discarded.

The future of materials isn’t about producing more products. It’s about using raw materials efficiently – and keeping their value as long as possible.

 

Frequently asked questions about our solutions

What does Stora Enso make?

Stora Enso produces packaging materials, wood-based construction products, and other innovative biomaterials like Papira and Fibrease or Lignode, made primarily from renewable raw materials: wood and wood fibers.

What types of packaging does Stora Enso produce?

Stora Enso produces wood fiber-based packaging such as cartonboard, liquid packaging board, food service board, containerboard, and corrugated solutions used in food, retail, e-commerce, and healthcare.

What are biomaterials?

Biomaterials are wood fiber-based products such as pulp, biobased chemicals, and new innovations used in applications like hygiene products, textiles, packaging, and energy storage.

How are Stora Enso's materials used in construction?

Engineered wood products such as Cross-laminated timber (CLC), Laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or resource-efficient LCB are used for buildings, offering alternative to traditional construction materials. An alternative that stores carbon throughout its lifetime, with a lowered climate footprint.

How do Stora Enso's materials replace fossil-based and non-renewable alternatives?

All Stora Enso's products are based on wood and wood fiber from trees  – a renewable material that grows back. By using renewable fibers and advanced material engineering, Stora Enso creates solutions that match packaging performance and quality requirements while reducing dependence on fossil-based and other non-renewable raw materials.

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