At Iggesund Mill, pulp capacity will rise by 15%, or 50,000 tonnes. The investment will be implemented in stages from 2015–2016. The measures will also improve production stability and cut variable costs.
“Recent years have seen us invest strongly in reducing our energy costs and our dependence on fossil fuels. Now we’re investing in increased production, while also cutting our variable costs, and thus strengthening our competitiveness,” explains Annica Bresky, CEO of Iggesund Paperboard.
“Our strategy is to grow organically and to make additional increases to our paperboard production. For the mill in Workington, this investment marks a first step in that direction. At Iggesund Mill, our ambition is to increase production by 10% in coming years without any major investment.”
Holmen is a forest industry group that manufactures printing paper, paperboard and sawn timber and runs forestry and energy production operations.
