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Versowood Vierumäki

OperatingVersowood OyVersowood Groupversowood.comID 01095

Versowood Vierumäki is an operating softwood sawmill in Heinola (Vierumäki), Finland, owned by Versowood Group. With a capacity of 600 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 2nd largest of the 52 sawmills in Finland with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location
Heinola (Vierumäki), Etelä-Suomi, Finland
Site
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.
Nearest port
Valko (Valkom) · 79 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
No siding mapped
OpenStreetMap track way/376446181 ↗, 583 m from the site point. Method
Nearest railway
0.2 km
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
600 000 m3/y sawn timber
Production
Not reported
Type
Softwood

Raw material and products

Fibre
PineSpruce
Sawn timber
Building componentsGlulamImpregnated timberPlaned timberSawn timber
Also produces
District Heating
Certifications
FSCPEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: High (100 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. other2004-12-10
    All units of the group were brought under the Versowood name on 10 December 2004, ending the Vierumäen Teollisuus identity.
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  2. expansion1992
    A new power plant and a modern EURO sawmill line started up at the end of November 1992.
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  3. ownership change1990-01-01
    The Kopra family took over the sawmill from the Koll family on 1 January 1990 and replaced oil fired energy with combustion of bark and sawmill by products.
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  1. product added1965
    Salt saturation of sawn timber, that is pressure treatment, began at the Vierumäki sawmill in 1965.
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  2. founded1946
    The sawmill was set up in the village of Härkälä at Vierumäki in 1946 by Partanen and Länsipuro and later became known as Vierumäen Teollisuus.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. otherchecked 2026-07-25
    lesprom.com ↗
  2. otherchecked 2026-07-26
    openstreetmap.org ↗
  3. company websitechecked 2026-09-02
    versowood.com ↗

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Related facilities

Versowood Group
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Nearby
Versowood Vierumäki pellet plant· 0 kmHeinola Fluting Mill· 11 kmKymi Mill· 44 kmKoskisen Järvelä· 45 kmKouvolan Saha· 50 km

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