Tubular superheater installation scheduled for September 2027 to improve boiler reliability.
Stora Enso
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.
The forest assets demerger is expected to complete in the first half of 2027.
The proposed directors include Johan Trolle-Löwen as Chair and Jannica Fagerholm as Vice Chair for the planned spin-off holding 1.2 million hectares of Swedish forest assets.
Investment replaces fossil fuels with bioenergy, reducing annual CO2 output by 113,000 tonnes.
New Wood and Energy business area launches January 2026 as Containerboard division also gets new leader.
New research from Linnaeus University shows that managers in Sweden’s largest forest companies often reject profitable projects if they pose environmental or workplace risks, revealing strong behavioral and sustainability-driven bias in capital investment decisions.
Strategic assessment covers seven sawmills with 3 million m3 capacity and three CLT mills across four countries.
New entity holds 1.2 million hectares valued at $5.7 billion and plans dual listing on Nasdaq Stockholm and Helsinki.
Austrian site, the company's first CLT production facility, supplies material for roughly 15,000 global projects.
The buyers include Soya Group and MEAG-led consortium.