May 05, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Metsäliitto Group’s sales for 1Q 2011 were Euro 1,403 million and operating result was Euro 133 million. Operating result excluding non-recurring items totalled Euro 130 million. The only non-recurring item, approximately Euro 3 million, was connected to the sale of a land area in Jyväskylä, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “Our result continued to be strong in the 1Q 2011. Our plans to generate profitable growth in boards and wood products and our investments in the production of renewable energy progressed as planned. Now we focus especially on minimising the negative impacts of cost development,” said Kari Jordan, President and CEO of Metsäliitto Group. Wood Supply’s sales totalled Euro 376 million in January–March, and the operating result amounted to Euro 8 million. The operating result does not include non-recurring items. Wood Supply Finland accounted for Euro 263 million of the sales and Euro 5 million of the operating result. The sales of Metsäliitto Wood Products Industry totalled Euro 238 million in January–March, and the operating result excluding non-recurring items totalled Euro 5 million. Metsäliitto Group is a forest industry group present in about 30 countries. The Group has five business areas: Wood Supply, Wood Products, Pulp, Board and Paper, Tissue and Cooking Papers.