Mar 17, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Setra has decided to upgrade the existing trimmer at Nyby sawmill in Sweden. The investment includes brand new machinery, a new cutting system and installation of automated sorting. The investment is part of the efficiency improvement programme underway at Setra designed to further strengthen the wood products company’s competitiveness, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

“With this investment we will be able to raise our productivity while adapting to future demands for the product we work with,” says Karl Pontus Larsson, Mill Manager at Nyby sawmill.

“We will rebuild large parts of the trimmer with new machines and control systems at the same time as we convert to automated sorting. The equipment we have today dates from the mid-1980s and has done us well but this investment will provide a significant improvement,” says Larsson.

The work will be carried out in cooperation with ScanWare which will supply a BoardMaster NOVA and CGV (C. Gunnarssons Verkstads AB) which will deliver the machinery and control system. The investment is planned to go into operation in the 4Q 2014.

“Here at Nyby sawmill we are very pleased to be given this opportunity. Once this investment is completed we will be able to supply an even better product for many years ahead,” says Larsson.

Setra Nyby, which is located in Björklinge just north of Uppsala, Sweden, is a specialised redwood sawmill with approximately 70 employees. The Setra Group has a total of nine sawmills, three processing units and two modular building factories.