Södra Wood is consolidating its sawn timber operations. The aim is to achieve economies of scale by relocating production volumes to Södra Wood’s larger production units.
Södra’s mission is to strengthen the value of family forestry by ensuring that its mills process raw material in the most profitable way possible by constantly strengthening competitiveness. In recent years, Södra has experienced major external changes that have affected the market for wood raw material, while demand for sawn timber has slowed.
To strengthen and future-proof Södra Wood’s competitiveness, the industrial structure will be changed in 2024 and the units in Åtvidaberg and Ramkvilla will be closed down. The unit in Klevshult will be converted to a processing unit developed towards planing and the sawmill operations will be discontinued. Parts of Södra’s unit in Torsås will be closed down and the remainder put up for sale. The assessment is that these changes will make 61 employees redundant.
Founded in 1938, Södra is Sweden’s largest forest-owner association, with 52,000 forest owners as its members.
