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The fire classification requirements for wooden facades became stricter as a result of the decree adopted in November 2023. Siparila's products also meet the new requirements. On 10 November 2023, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation (C(2023)7486) amending Commission Decision 2006/213/EC. The new decree defines in more detail the requirements for fire classifications of wood cladding, panels and battens and requires testing of all treated and/or modified wood products.  In the future, all processed wood products must be manufactured in accordance with the AVCP-3 system....

The Belgian company Stevens Timber & Co. has been cooperating with Siparila for more than a decade. Close cooperation and great and durable products have convinced Stevens Timber and its customers. In the coming years, both companies will seek to deepen their cooperation in many areas. In 1936, Jan Stevens Sr. laid the foundation for Stevens Timber & Co., in whose family the timber trade had a strong presence. As an expert in the wood industry...

The EPD is an international and standardized environmental label that shows the carbon footprint of a product throughout its life cycle. Siparila's softwood cladding and thermally modified panels are EPD-verified products.

The popularity of decking has grown every year and there is a demand for higher quality wood materials. Many people want to choose a material that is both sustainable and environmentally friendly, and heat-treated wood combines these two aspects beautifully. Pressure-treated wood, or durable wood, has long dominated the decking industry and is therefore a familiar material to most Finns. In recent years, however, the range of decking boards has grown to include more options, including...

If the buildings had no users, we wouldn't need them. That's why the most important starting point in designing buildings is that they serve people as well as possible. We interviewed interior architect Petra-Miisa Juusenaho, who has long experience in interior design for both private homes and public spaces. Her design agency, Interiori, focuses on space and interior design for corporate clients. For Juusenaho, user orientation is always an obvious and integral part of design. He...

Ecologically grown, high-quality wood is a material with a long lifespan that will enable the ecological construction of the future. Wood is used to create comfortable and beautiful living areas, even in urban environments, and to enable sustainable and healthy living. MT Metsä discussed the potential of wood construction to reduce emissions in the construction sector in an article published on 16.12.2022. Currently, the construction sector produces about a third of Finland's carbon dioxide emissions, and most of the greenhouse gas emissions come from building materials such as concrete,...

Our long-time customer Hattulan Puu orders all its outdoor cladding products from us. Our customers have particularly liked our pre-painted panels, which make building a smooth process. Hattulan Puu Oy is a Porvoo-based specialist timber and building products store, known for its wide range and fast service. The company, which has been operating since 1995, was recently taken over by the young owners, Lassi Heiskanen and Wille Willner, who already worked for the company. Hattulaan Puu...

Internationally renowned architect and professor Sami Rintala believes in wood as the building material of the future and has been promoting the benefits and opportunities of wood construction around the world. For decades, wood has been an undervalued building material as concrete, steel and plastic have taken over. However, as awareness of the harmful environmental impacts of these new materials has grown, demand for wood has increased again and wood has become a...