The company plans to focus the Swedish site on sawn and planed goods production while supplying Nordic CLT customers from three other plants.
Stora Enso
Production centralises to Oulu, Oulainen, and Kalajoki sawmills as log costs pressure profitability.
Tubular superheater installation scheduled for September 2027 to improve boiler reliability.
Production to shift to Oulu and Kalajoki sawmills as change negotiations cover 60 employees.
Stora Enso to raise Skutskär fluff capacity by 10% and close softwood pulp production on fiberline 3
The company will invest Euro 19 million in upgrades to increase fluff capacity to 440 thousand tons annually, with the project due to complete in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Fluff pulp continues normal operations as two remaining lines become core to the unit's long-term strategy.
Company prepares for separation of Swedish forest assets and expects geopolitical tensions to increase costs in Q2.
New entity would control 1.2 million hectares of land and emerge as Europe's largest listed pure play forest company.
Acquisition includes three facilities with Euro 74 million in annual sales and 350 employees.