Nov 12, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. For the first time ever, SCA’s NorrPlant nursery operation in Sweden delivered more than 100 million plants, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “We have never exceeded 90 million before, so I am delighted that we have passed the 100-million mark,” says Jörgen Andersson, Head of Norrplant. SCA’s NorrPlant nursery operation encompasses the two nurseries Bogrundet and Wifstamon outside Timrå. “We began delivering seedlings in the last week in April and the final delivery was made at the end of October. Later on when we closed our books, the final tally for the year’s deliveries was 102.5 million seedlings,” explains Jörgen Andersson. Deliveries have increased to both private forest owners and to SCA’s own forestlands. “We delivered 58 million seedlings to private forest owners and the remaining 44.5 million were used by SCA,” says Jörgen. The record deliveries are the result of several factors. “The damage to seedlings caused last year by voles resulted in replanting. Furthermore, there was a high level of activity in the forests and many areas were harvested. According to law, forest owners have three years to replant the forestland after final harvesting,” says Jörgen and continues: “We can also thank our new PowerPot seedling for some of the increase in deliveries. There is considerable interest in this small seedling, which offers more efficient and economic planting. PowerPot has enabled us to considerably increase the volume in our nurseries.” Ahead of seedling deliveries in 2013, NorrPlant has sown 107 million seeds.