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THE MAGNIFICENT HALIÇ SUBWAY BRIDGE IN ISTANBUL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE HELP OF UPM PLYWOOD – AS WERE ALL MODERN BRIDGES OVER

NEW UPM GRADA LAUNCHES

This year, design products made of UPM Grada were presented in the La Triennale design museum's EcoDesign exhibit in Milan. At the beginning of April, the exhibit show- cased design that makes sustainable develop- ment visible throughout the products' entire life- cycle. Ecology has been taken into account in everything, from material choices, production and use of the products, to their recycling and possible disposal. UPM Grada products have been created by top Finnish designers, such as Eero Aarnio , Harri Koskinen and Kristiina Lassus . They have used innovative wooden material to make a range of products, including chairs, shelves, room dividers and interior decoration items. In the future, UPM Grada will also be seen in products by the Finnish furniture manufacturer Isku. UPM Plywood and Isku have signed a partnership agreement for the use of UPM Grada and WISA birch plywood. Isku is going to start using UPM Grada in all form-pressed products and components manufactured at its Lahti factory.

ISTANBUL’S FAMOUS GOLDEN HORN BAY.

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