Metsä Group and Qutwo advance next-generation AI for the forest industry
- Qutwo will supply its AI and quantum platform, Qutwo OS, to Metsä Group.
- Initial projects target productivity improvements in tissue converting lines and optimisation of wood procurement.
- The collaboration aims to increase value derived from wood and reduce variable costs between forest and mill.
- Metsä already uses AI for forest damage prediction, wood pricing, silviculture services and biodiversity valuation.
Partnership scope
Metsä Group and Finnish AI and quantum company Qutwo have launched a collaboration to deepen AI use at Metsä and to bring next‑generation AI into core forest‑industry processes. The partners say the effort will allow them to address more complex challenges than current solutions handle.
Technology provided
Qutwo will provide its AI and quantum platform, Qutwo OS, to Metsä. Next‑generation AI is described as solutions that can consider a broader range of variables and optimise complex systems simultaneously.
Initial focus areas
The first initiatives concentrate on improving productivity in mill converting lines — specifically tissue converting where base paper is processed into finished products — and on optimising wood procurement. In procurement, AI will be used to balance multiple factors to guide wood usage more efficiently from forest to mill.
Expected outcomes and context
Metsä expects the collaboration to increase the value derived from wood and to reduce variable costs between the forest and the mill, strengthening its international competitiveness. Metsä already applies AI in predicting forest damage, pricing wood trade and silviculture services, and in valuing forest biodiversity.
Source: Metsä
