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Market-driven R & D
Stora Enso has a large in-house research and development function for creating added value for the customer. R&D is market driven and managed as an integrated part of the Company's business. The aim is the improvement of existing products and production processes as well as the development of new products providing customers with services that enhance their value creation and support their product development. In 2001 the Company spent EUR 92.3 million, 0.7% of sales, on R&D. Future emphasis will be on developing coated and laminated products for packaging and serving beverages and foodstuffs and for the rapidly developing needs of digital printing and copying.

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