Aug 30, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. The market balance for pulp remains strong. “Our low stock levels and high level of deliveries are the factors behind this price increase from 1 October,” comments Ulf Edman, president of Sodra Cell International. The new price of $730 for softwood pulp represents an increase of $20 from the previous announcement, which was valid from 1 July. Sodra is a co-operative of over 35 000 private forest owners in southern Sweden. Together, their estates account for some two million hectares of productive forest land – over half of the privately-owned forest in southern Sweden. In 2004, the group employs over 3 600 people, who work in various roles and from various locations in Sweden, Norway and elsewhere around Europe.