Peab, in partnership with SCA, is going to build an extension the Bollsta sawmill in Bollstabruk, Sweden. The contract is worth SEK 276 million ($29 million), as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The project comprises building a new, modern sorting line that in the future could double production in the saw mill. The sorting line is the part of the sawing process where timber is sorted for quality before delivery. The project also includes groundwork and building a new workshop and a storehouse.
“This investment means we can increase production by 50,000 cubic metres sawn product. We will also lower our costs since we won’t have to sort our products in two older lines anymore. Instead production in the saw millwill be rational from start to finish,” says Johan Olofsson, manager of SCA’s sawmill in Bollstabruk
The project is a traditional contract in partnering. Construction will begin in November 2019 and is expected to be completed in the autumn of 2022.
