UPM's Otepää mill enjoys growth

UPM's Otepää Plywood Mill celebrated its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Otepää is the only plywood mill in Estonia and the second largest plywood maker in the Baltic Countries.

Otepää manufactures birch plywood from local raw material. In addition to standard plywood, the mill further processes top quality WISA plywood for use in transport and furniture industries and construction, among others.

90% of the mills production goes to exports, primarily to Europe. Otepää's location in the Baltic Rim allows even one-day deliveries to be made to its main markets in northern parts of Central Europe. The mill has an important role in UPM's plywood business both product-wise and logistically.

"After the mill extension in 2008 and the big investment in further processing completed last year, the annual production capacity is 50,000 cubic meters of plywood, of which more than half is further processed by coating, cutting or machining," says Kaido Kukk, Director at UPM Plywood.