Related Keywords: alternative textiles to cotton, help revive industry, important producers of forests and forest products, main textile fibre from timber, meet demand from fashion and furniture firm, Nordic countires, Nordic production of viscose, Nordic pulp makers, stopped partly on environmental ground, turn to birch and pine trees into clothes or soft covers
The Nordic countries Finland, Norway and Sweden, are among the most important producers of forests and forest products in the world. Since the last manufacturer stopped nearly a decade ago partly on environmental ground there has been no Nordic production of viscose, the main textile fibre from timber. Nordic pulp makers to help revive its industry and meet demand from fashion and furniture firms for alternative textiles to cotton are developing clean ways to turn birch and pine trees into clothes or sofa covers.
