"Hans Liljeström is an experienced and target-driven leader with considerable technical expertise and many years' experience of the sawmill industry. He is used to managing change programmes and will contribute to the positive development of Setra's most northerly sawmill," says Jonas Björnståhl, head of the Sawn Wood Products business area.
Hans Liljeström has long and sound experience of the industry. He joined Setra in 2008 as head of the company's group-wide organisation for production development. Since then he has had a number of different roles where he has managed change and development programmes. Hans Liljeström has been Mill Manager of Setra's sawmill in Skinnskatteberg since 2012 where among other things he was responsible for the investment in a new trimmer.
Hans Liljeström will take up his new position on 1 September when he will take over from Rickard Westerberg, who is currently acting Manager of Setra Rolfs in parallel with his assignment as Mill Manager of Setra Malå.
Setra Rolfs, which is located in the small community of Rolfs just outside Kalix, is an integrated sawing and processing unit. The unit has approximately 70 employees and annual production is approximately 84,000 cubic metres of sawn product.
Setra Group has a total of nine sawmills, three processing units and two modular building factories.