During next year, Martinsons will increase its production of sawntimber from 500,000 to 535,000 cubic metres, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
This will be done through a SEK 60 million ($7 million) investment in kiln and storage facilities, as well as more shifts in Bygdsiljum, Sweden, the Group's largest unit.
"Demand is high but at the same time, competition is fierce. The prerequisites for profitable production over time are found in the Bygdsiljum and Kroksjön units, where we also can continue to develop our production of glulam, CLT and planed products,” says Managing Director Lars Martinson.
Production in Bygdsiljum will increase after the summer of 2018, when, as an intial step, capacity will go from the current 300,000 to 415,000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.
The Bygdsiljum unit also produces approximately 46,000 cubic metres of glulam and 20,000 cubic metres of crosslaminated timber every year. Production at the Kroksjön plant amounts to almost 120,000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year, of which 85,000 cubic metres are planed products.
The Martinsons Group is one of Sweden’s largest producers of glulam and construction systems for apartment blocks, buildings and bridges in wood.
