The planing mill Moelven Tom Heurlin in Ånimskog is being absorbed into Moelven Wood Sverige and becoming a production unit under Notnäs Moelven Wood AB.
Moelven Tom Heurlin AB has a long history as sawmill and in more recent years as purely a planing mill. In 2013 a new planing line was invested in, and the operations of Moelven Tom Heurlin AB have been export-oriented within the division Moelven Timber.
“The business has for several years, despite many efforts and different measures, grappled with severe profitability problems that are mainly related to various problems and turbulence in the various external markets. In the autumn of 2016 it was determined that it was inappropriate to continue operations without a totally radical change,” says Division Manager Anders Lindh of Moelven Timber.
In December it was assessed that the business fitted well into the structure operated by Moelven Wood in Sweden and that production could be adjusted and adapted, in a good way, to a mainly Scandinavian market.
The coordination of the operations will also affect Moelven Wood's business Moelven Värmlands Trä AB in Säffle.
“This means that the planing mill at Moelven Värmlands Trä in Saffle will be closed. The merger gives us space to fully concentrate on continuing to develop and invest in the business' already very successful surface treatment,” says Mikael Axelsson, CEO of Moelven Wood AB.
The number of employees in both Ånimskog and Säffle will be reduced.
Operations in Ånimskog will be reset to Moelven Wood's marketing strategy, which means that a large part of the volumes sold outside Scandinavia will be removed.
The plan is that we will be running on one shift. The management and planning of operations will take place from Moelven Notnäs Wood in Torsby, while some posts will also be coordinated with Moelven Värmland Trä in Säffle.
