Södra is making extensive investments in the Värö sawmill, primarily in final trimming and drying, but also in other parts of the facility.
The investment will also go towards log sorting, sawing and green sorting.
Other benefits will be more stable and higher quality products, since an automatic grading system will be installed for the sideboards, instead of the current manual sorting. The increased drying capacity investment will also improve the drying quality and lead to a better product.
Jörgen Lindquist, president of the Södra Wood business area, said: “In April last year, we announced our plans to build a cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility at Värö. We can now see that our investment in the CLT facility will also make it possible for us to improve the flow and customer offering for our sawn timber, and have therefore decided to make additional investments in Värö.
“We will also be able to offer a higher proportion of planed products from Värö. That is positive, because we see continued growth in the market for processed products. In turn, that will also provide opportunities for higher pellet volumes,” Jörgen added.
When the CLT investments are completed, Södra will be one of the leading players in solid construction timber in the Nordic region.
“A large CLT facility and Sweden’s largest sawmill in the same geographical location will present excellent opportunities to leverage synergies at Värö that will strengthen our customer offering,” added Jörgen.
The investments in the sawmill are scheduled for completion by late autumn 2021.
