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The delta of the Kymijoki River, which flows from Päijänne to the Gulf of Finland, was a favourable place to establish wood-processing industries. The roundwood was floated down the river and the ready products were loaded on to ships. The founding of nine sawmills between 1871 and 1876 is a unique event in the history of Finnish industry. One of these sawmills was built in Sunila, which at the time was a village in the parish of Kymi, at the mouth of the most eastern tributary of the Kymijoki River.
In 1928 seven wood-processing companies bought the saw mill and the surrounding land as a strategic reserve. In 1936 they decided to build a pulp mill there, together with a residential area. The joint operation was a first of its kind in Finland. Technical, architectonic and social goals were set at a high standard. Architect Alvar Aalto was commissioned to design the master plan and the buildings.
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