Södra has now completed an investment of SEK 10 million ($1.1 million) in the nursery at Flåboda. The investment will enable more digitised production and increase capacity by 20%, from ten million to 12 million seedlings per year, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
“The increased digitisation of the nursery, including more computer-controlled platforms, will be highly significant for raising the quality and quantity of production. The nursery’s resources can be used more effectively, which will help us improve our contribution to ensuring new forests in Sweden,” said Ida Karlsson, Manager of Södra’s nursery at Flåboda.
The investment includes a new greenhouse covering 4,900 square metres, which uses wood pellets from Södra’s sawmill at Långasjö for heating. The second part of the investment is three new platforms, on which the seedlings are placed outdoors for watering and continued growth. The new platforms have replaced some of the old models and are larger, more modern and more digitised.
It will now be possible to produce 12 million of the just over 35 million seedlings that Södra supplies annually.
