February 20209MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSin the forest, as well as the most suitable harvest areas. Another instance of innovation that is becoming an integral part of our processes is RPA. This, too, was initiated as experimentation but has now evolved into the core of our company. We have right now over 60 robots live in transactional processes to help our employees. Another example is the one of our AI solution, used together with sensors, to predict viscosity of pulp by mixing and matching various quality parameters together. This has been a real success for us with the best predictability capability, which ultimately results in high-quality products increasing value for us as well as our customers. Instilling an innovative cultureOn top of all this, as I mentioned in the beginning, we have established a structured approach for how to engage and work with the startup ecosystem. Startups usually come with a specific solution for a specific business challenge, which in turn enables us to innovate and scale with speed and agility together. However, with all this said, the most important part to succeed with innovation in the manufacturing space is to instil a culture of openness, willingness to try, and acceptance of failure. In Stora Enso, this culture shift has been profoundly promoted by our top management and supported by mechanisms such as the DigiFund and startup collaborations in various ecosystems. To sum up, I think we have taken many significant leaps within the manufacturing industry during the last years, and the pace of change will not slow down. Personally, I am very excited to continue the journey to see what the future holds and all the new innovations which will come with it. At Stora Enso we are determined to be the innovation leader in the renewable materials space. The most important aspect when it comes to innovation is of course to solve the business issues at hand, whether it is about productivity or new business models
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