May 11, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. SCA Skog will offer a summer premium of SEK 40/m3sub to forest owners for spruce logs and healthy, fresh spruce pulpwood (FFG). The premium applies to the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland and Västerbotten, Sweden, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. SCA’s spruce wood industries are operating at high capacity and are in great need of raw materials. SCA Skog has thus decided to introduce a summer premium of SEK 40/m3sub for spruce logs and healthy, fresh pulpwood. The premium applies to timber logs contracted and harvested prior to 15 August 2012. “Substantial investments have been made in our spruce wood industries in recent years and there is a significant need for freshly harvested spruce. This applies in particular to the summer, when the freshness of the wood is most important. At the same time, the need for whitewood comes at a good time in the continued efforts to fight against the spread of the spruce bark beetle,” says Jörgen Bendz, Wood Procurement Manager at SCA Skog. SCA SKOG is responsible for forestry management of SCA’s extensive forest holding and wood procurement to SCA’s Swedish forest industry operations. SCA Skog is part of SCA’s Forest Products business area, which produces publication papers for newspapers, magazines and catalogues, as well as pulp, solid-wood products and renewable energy, in addition to offering cost-efficient transport solutions to SCA’s units.