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One of the largest mechanical wood processing companies in Finland.
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Ville Liimola
Director – Wood Products, Keitele Wood Oy
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Our Impact in Numbers
Highlighting our achievements and contributions to the timber industry.
Mill. € Net Investments in Finland (2013-2024)
Over 850 000 m3 sawn timber delivered 2025
Nearly 200,000 m³ wood products processed 2025
Share of Production Exported 2025
About Us
Keitele Group, founded in 1981, is a Finnish family-owned company that has grown into one of Finland’s largest mechanical wood processing operators and the country’s leading manufacturer of wood products. Our wood procurement areas are located near our production facilities: in Keitele (Eastern Finland), Alajärvi (Southern Ostrobothnia), and Kemijärvi (Lapland).
Our core operations include responsible wood procurement from Finnish forest owners, as well as sawing and further processing of wood. The group consists of the parent company Keitele Group Oy and the wood processing business unit Keitele Wood Oy.
Key Business Highlights
01 Sawn Timber of Pine and Spruce
Customer orientation is a key concept of our sawn timber process. In addition to our standard product range, we can produce customised sizes, lengths and moisture contents. Approximately 70 % of the total production is pine and 30 % spruce.
02 Glulam
Our state-of-art glulam factories in Keitele and Kemijärvi produce beams and posts of top quality for building industry. The raw material used comes from Keitele sawmills and the density, strength and accuracy in measure and shape is all world class.
03 Structural products
Keitele Group is one of the biggest producer of planed products in Finland. We are focusing on the production of structural timber and components for the building sector.
The finger-jointed structural products are straight and accurate in measure.