This document provides information about Marko Hakovirta, including his background and positions held. It discusses Stora Enso, a renewable materials company where Hakovirta is SVP of Innovation and R&D. Stora Enso focuses on innovation in renewable packaging materials, such as microfibrillated cellulose, and has research centers in Finland and Sweden developing new technologies and collaborating with external partners. The company aims to provide customers with renewable solutions to meet consumer demand for sustainable packaging options.

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Marko Hakovirta
SVP, Innovation and R&D
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• Marko Hakovirta, PhD (Physics), MBA
• SVP, Innovation, Renewable Packaging and Consumer
Board, Stora Enso (2014 ->)
• Positions as Professor and Director, in Research and
Education Institutes at Auburn University and Georgia
Tech, USA (2011-2014)
• Group VP, Technology, Metso Corporation (2006-2011)
and other Innovation management related leadership
positions in Metso Group (2001-2006)
• Fellowships at Los Alamos National Laboratory (US) and
CERN (Switzerland) (1998-2001)

2. Marko Hakovirta
SVP, Innovation and R&D
London, 28 May 2015
Division Consumer
Board
Innovation and R&D
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3. It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts, including, without limitation those regarding
expectations for market growth and developments; expectations
for growth and profitability; and statements preceded by
“believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “foresees”, or similar
expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Since these statements are based on current plans.
estimates and projections, they involve risks and uncertainties
which may cause actual results to materially differ from those
expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors
include, but are not limited to: (1) operating factors such as
continued success of manufacturing activities and the
achievement of efficiencies therein, continued success of product
development, acceptance of new products or services by the
Group’s targeted customers, success of the existing and future
collaboration arrangements, changes in business strategy or
development plans or targets, changes in the degree of protection
created by the Group’s patents and other intellectual property
rights, the availability of capital on acceptable terms; (2) industry
conditions, such as strength of product demand, intensity of
competition, prevailing and future global market prices for the
Group’s products and the pricing pressures thereto. price
fluctuations in raw materials, financial condition of the customers
and the competitors of the Group, the potential introduction of
competing products and technologies by competitors; and (3)
general economic conditions, such as rates of economic growth in
the Group’s principal geographic markets or fluctuations in
exchange and interest rates.
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Disclaimer

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Advancing the renewable packaging industry with
products excellence
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Microfibrillated cellulose
Biobarrier coatings
Intelligent packaging
Replacing plastics
Design solutions

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Global Benchmark and Thought Leader
in Renewable Packaging Innovation
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• World class R&D capabilities
– State of the art lab and pilot
equipment
– Imatra, Finland and Karlstad,
Sweden
• World class expertise
– Packaging materials science
– Product purity & safety and
machine interaction
– Industrial scaling-up, piloting,
incubation and new business
development
• 140 professionals
Research Center Imatra
Research Center Karlstad

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External R&D network
Active collaboration with top research institutes and universities
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Stora Enso is the customers solution to
consumers demand for renewable materials
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Manufacturing centric
– Packaging innovations
Customer centric
– Packaging innovations
Drivers
Renewable as
customers success
factor, ergonomic
user experience,
easiness to use and
attributes.
Drivers
Production costs,
materials technology,
production efficiency,
optimization,
“Technology Push”

8. The renewable materials company
Stora Enso is the customers solution to
consumers demand for renewable materials
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R&D
New business
development
Design
innovation
• Product and materials
• Technology development
• R&D Services
• Partnerships and JV’s
• Incubation
• Customer solutions
• Business plans
• Consumer Insight
• Innovation Materials Lab.
• Innovation Center
Customer Consumer

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Innovation in the center of our business
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Intelligent packaging solutions with NXP
Innovation center in Helsinki

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Microfibrillated Cellulose development
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2006
Internal and
external research
2011
MFC pilot capacity
planning
2014
New scalable technology
enables commercialization
2009
MFC R&D related
to scalability and
new applications
2012
MFC pilot plant
start-up
2015
MFC commercial
activity started

11. Key drivers for innovation
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SOURCE REDUCTION
REPLACING FOSSILE BASED MATERIALS
CONVENIENCE

12. World of packaging