The company plans to focus the Swedish site on sawn and planed goods production while supplying Nordic CLT customers from three other plants.
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The modeled expansion would also increase the role of lumber suppliers, with dimension lumber the largest intermediate input.
The project will test prefabricated structures designed for transport, rapid assembly and cold-weather deployment.
Most products affected by the 50% tariff are sold in Canada, limiting exposure to about 1% of total sales, analysts estimate.
Projects cover wood exports, biocarbon, cellulose nanocrystals, engineered wood production, sawmilling and Indigenous forest management.
Local hardwood species cover 77% of England’s woodland area, but 85% of the harvest goes to energy use as the UK imports 68% of its lumber.
The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
The firm will design wooden structures, while Hill International will consolidate project management.
Survey and industry data show firms improve efficiency, but sector productivity diverges from sawmills as technical change remains weak and variable.
Two biggest single-project awards fund curved glulam output and wood-fibre foam capacity.
High industry inventories and cold weather limit production, while the company enters Phase 2 of its internal efficiency work.