SCA to increase kraftliner prices by €60 per tonne
The new price is valid from August 1, 2024.
The new price is valid from August 1, 2024.
A new issue of SCA Logistics' customer magazine New Ways is now published and available to be read on the website.
SCA delivers some 100 million tree seedlings every year – seedlings that drive SCA’s climate benefit of approximately 13 million tonnes a year. First, they sequester carbon dioxide while they grow and ultimately they contribute sustainable wood raw materials for a wide variety of products. “Trees are efficient carbon dioxide sinks and generate climate benefits over many years,” says Thomas Vestman, Nursery Director.
With a combination of well-managed forests and high-quality cultivated seedlings, the size of Sweden’s forests increase every year. Nurseries have long been a key part of the development of the forestry industry and are becoming increasingly important in the face of climate change. Laboratory engineer Jeanette Hammarström, from SCA NorrPlant, talks to us about SCA’s cultivation activities.
Reducing grazing damage to newly planted forests can be of considerable benefit to the climate and the Swedish economy. Currently, overgrazing by ungulates, such as elk, reduces carbon dioxide absorption corresponding to almost a quarter of Sweden’s total emissions and reduces the added value of the country’s forests by SEK 11.9 billion. “Obviously animals eat plants, and you have to accept that to some extent, but the impacts are exceptionally high in Sweden at the moment,” says Jonas Mårtensson, President, SCA Forest.
The press conference, which will be held in connection with the publication of SCA's report for the second quarter of 2024, can be followed via webcast or telephone.
SCA has decided to take the lead ahead of the government report "The Value of Wind" (SOU 2023:18) by implementing its own compensation model, inspired by the report's proposals, for residents living near new wind farms developed by the company. The amount of compensation will be based on the distance to the turbine and the revenue generated by the turbine. "The proposal from the report is well-balanced, and that’s why we want to take the lead in this area. However, our view is that increased electricity production and resolution of the conflicts of interest that follow require state ownership of a well-designed regulatory framework. It needs to address how companies share revenue with nearby residents, how the state shares existing taxes with municipalities, and how processes to upgrade existing parks can be managed significantly faster," says Martin Ingels, Head of Wind Power at SCA.
With the help of a drone equipped with its own portable mobile base station, a forestry machine has, for the first time, been remotely controlled via 5G in an area with limited connectivity.
Since 2021, SCA has been involved in the extensive EU project Ecostreams for LIFE, which aims to restore watercourses in Västerbotten, Västernorrland, and Jämtland. During the spring, SCA has replaced ten fish migration barriers in Rörströmsälven, Jämtland.
Timber is exposed to demanding circumstances during storage, loading and transportation. "We have developed a new packaging that consists of 70 percent recycled material, without compromising on quality. SCA Wood will be the first on the market with packaging that has such a high proportion of recycled plastic," says Tom Rautakorpi, product specialist at Trioworld.
According to SCA’s articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.
SCA has recruited Per Funkquist as new Vice President Sustainability. Per Funkquist has extensive and solid experience in the forestry industry and will take up his new position on September 1, 2024.
The aim of ecological landscape management is to preserve and develop biodiversity in forests. This is a long-term endeavour that’s evolved considerably over the years. “We know a lot more about ecology and nature conservation now than in the early days of the forest industry,” says Anna Cabrajic, forest ecologist at SCA.
Sundsvall’s new Logistics park and SCA's new container port have been officially inaugurated. This means that a process that began in 2008 has reached its goal and one of the region's biggest investments in sustainable transport can begin to create benefits for the green transition in northern Sweden.
EU Member States report on measures to protect forests and nature in various ways. Sweden stands out with its very strict view of what constitutes protection. “As a result of this, Sweden appears to be the worst in Europe; however, were we to report in the same way as many other countries, we would be viewed as a pioneer. The same problem applies to how we report the status of different habitats, something that can have major consequences for how we can cultivate Swedish forests in future,” says Linda Eriksson, Forest Director at the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
According to SCA’s articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.
SCA increases the prices on brown and white kraftliner in Europe by €60 per tonne. The new price is valid from June 1, 2024.
January–March 2024 compared with January–March 2023
The jointly owned biorefinery, owned by SCA and St1, is now inaugurated. When fully operational in Gothenburg, the refinery will contribute an annual production of around 200,000 tons of renewable fuel.
In the fall of 2024, SCA takes the next step in sustainable timber transports by inaugurating another electric timber truck from Scania. The new electric timber truck will be equipped with a crane and will collect timber from the forest for transport to a timber terminal.
SCA is involved in a development project aimed at a remote-controlled soil scarification machine. Skogforsk leads the project and is responsible for the work in the testing environment, while SCA acts as the landowner and contributes with a base machine.
SCA’s Wifstamon nursery had its seed extraction premier this past winter. Using an in-house developed kiln and seed separator, SCA can now process cones to obtain seeds from its own pine seed plantations.
The press conference, which will be held in connection with the publication of SCA's report for the first quarter 2024, can be followed on-site, via webcast or telephone.
The Annual General Meeting of SCA was held on March 22, 2024 at Clarion Hotel in Sundsvall.
The award-winning project has equipped the industry in Västerbotten with the world’s largest machine for kraftliner and significantly increasing its capacity to produce environmentally friendly packaging materials.
SCA now has a permit to operate temporary warehouses at our Umeå and Sundsvall terminals where undeclared goods can be stored while awaiting customs clearance. “This will mean smoother handling for customers and that we can offer a better service,” says SCA Logistics Sustainability specialist Peter Eriksson.
SCA Logistics collaborates closely with study programmes in logistics and purchasing at various levels. Offering opportunities for students to undertake degree projects, placements and study visits with the company is also a priority, all to secure future skills provision. “We are striving to close the gap between education and a career, while at the same time making important connections with students,” says Kjell Arne Sköldh, Human Resources Manager at SCA Logistics.
A sharp fall in construction activity, high inflation and disruption to shipping in the Red Sea: these are some of the factors having a recent impact on the logistics sector. “We are in the process of concluding our procurement of transport services for the upcoming period and it is apparent that the market has been weakened,” says Andreas Hamm, Commercial Manager, Marine at SCA Logistics, who is responsible for the procurement of maritime transport.
SCA publishes its annual report for the year 2023 today.
SCA increases the prices on white and brown kraftliner in Europe by €80 per tonne. The new price is valid from April 1, 2024
Digital speed limitation for timber trucks works well on stretches with a lot of infrastructure, . This is demonstrated by the geofencing project that SCA has undertaken in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration. "We continue to utilize the technology on both existing routes and new ones," says Lars Nolander, logistics manager at SCA Skog.
By 2040, forest industry products are to be entirely fossil-free and recyclable. This is an ambitious joint sustainability pledge made by all members of industry organisation Swedish Forest Industries, and which aligns with SCA’s existing vision.
By 2040, the climate benefit contributed by the forest industry is set to increase by 30 per cent. For SCA – which is already strongly climate positive – this is a logical development that can also support the bottom line.
Magasinet - the first office building in Linköping constructed of wood, was built with a 54 percent reduction in climate impact compared to if the building had been built with concrete. The climate benefit of building with wood instead of fossil-heavy materials is significant, making it an excellent choice even for larger buildings to be constructed with greater amounts of wood.
Sweden’s forests must be developed to increase growth rates and biodiversity, something that SCA has worked on systematically for many years and is now a stated pledge in the forest industry’s collaborative efforts. The commitment has great value, and Ola Kårén, Chief Forester at SCA, argues that a common approach and shared goals strengthen and increase the value of sustainable forestry.
Notice is given to the shareholders of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (“SCA”), Reg. No. 556012-6293,of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders to be held on Friday, March 22, 2024, at 1.00 p.m. in Sundsvall at Clarion Hotel Sundsvall (registration from 11.30 a.m.)
SCA answers questions relating to the valuation of forest assets, harvesting, forest damage, and accounting-related matters.
SCA's electric timber truck continues to transport timber between Gimonäs timber terminal and Obbola paper mill outside Umeå. It has now been in operation for over 1.5 years. And everything is working as intended.
January–December 2023 compared with January–December 2022
2023 was another year with substantial seedling deliveries from SCA’s seedling operation NorrPlant. During the year, 102.9 million seedlings were delivered, which is almost five million more seedlings compared with 2022.
Lundqvist Trävaru in Piteå, Sweden, is making it easier for ordinary people to build things made from wood by using system that’s reminiscent of Lego and digital design solutions inspired by computer games. That may sound playful, but the owners’ objective is to revolutionise the construction industry – and they take it very seriously.
SCA’s Christmas gift to the company’s employees in 2023 was a donation of 1.5 MSEK to five recipients.
According to SCA’s articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.
The press conference, which will be held in connection with the publication of SCA's report for the fourth quarter 2023, can be followed via webcast or telephone.
Rewilding Sweden has restored parts of Abramsån in Norrbotten, with successful results. The work that has been carried out on SCA's land includes, among other things, returning old logging remnants to the watercourse to recreate natural water and shoreline forest environments and benefit a large number of species both in and outside of the water.
New Ways no. 4, the magazine of SCA Logistics, is now published on the website.
SCA is one of the member companies in the research platform Treesearch. In this role, SCA R&D Centre represented our company at “Bioeconomy Innovation Day - Advancing Resource Efficiency and Value Creation in Europe”.
By December 2023, Biorefinery Östrand signed an agreement with European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) which entitles the company with approximately EUR 167 million in the event of a future investment decision.
SCA is Europe’s largest private forest owner; and in addition to producing wood, the company’s 2.7 million hectares of land offer considerable wind power production capacity. This provides the company with excellent opportunities to produce renewable electricity with land-based wind power. More than 20 per cent of Sweden’s installed wind power is currently on SCA land in northern Sweden.
The Gothenburg biorefinery, which SCA jointly owns with St1, has recently reached a key milestone as the project management team handed over the facility to an operating organisation to begin start-up.
The number of white-backed woodpeckers in Västerbotten is continuing to grow. This success is due to several years of work to recreate deciduous forests. SCA is one of the participants in the project run by the Västerbotten County Administrative Board. “We are proud that the measures we are taking on SCA’s land are helping to create good habitats for the white-backed woodpecker and also enabling successful nests,” says Ulf Hallin, SCA’s nature conservation expert in Västerbotten.
According to SCA’s articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.
Full attention was focused on freight transport by road, rail and sea when SCA Logistics, Sundsvall Logistikpark and the Swedish Transport Administration invited delegates to celebrate the infrastructure investments that are currently laying the foundation for even more efficient freight transport in the region.
SCA has tested a harvesting model in Sörgraninge conservation park that promotes both light-demanding and shade-tolerant species. This is really boosting biodiversity.
24 high-conservation value species of soil fungi, including three new species. That was the result of this year’s follow-up of the sand pine forest at Pimptjärnsmon in SCA's conservation park Sörgraninge. “This year was a really good year.” says Mikael Berg, nature conservation expert at SCA.
Designer Shalony van Stralendorff loves spending time in the countryside, harvesting ingredients for use in her kitchen and drawing inspiration for her work with the Bonni Bonne design studio. “I love spending time in the forest. It’s like an extension of my garden, nature’s pantry. And there’s so much you can do with wood,” she says.
January–September 2023 compared with January–September 2022
SCA is increasing its degree of self-sufficiency in electricity for its own industry by acquiring Fasikan Vind AB, a wind power project located on SCA's land in the Bräcke municipality of Jämtland County. The seller is Arise AB.
The Nomination Committee of SCA proposes that Helena Stjernholm be elected as chairman and member of the SCA board at the annual general meeting on March 22, 2024. SCA's current chairman, Pär Boman, as previously communicated, has declined re-election.
SCA will increase the price on NBSK pulp (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe. The new price will be 1,200 USD, effective as from now.
Several rare insects that thrive on old hardwood have been discovered on SCA land in the municipalities of Boden and Luleå. The insects were registered in three areas that are rich in deciduous trees during an inventory carried out by the insect expert Lars-Ove Wikars at the request of SCA.
The press conference, held in connection with the publication of SCA’s interim report for the third quarter of 2023, will be available via webcast or by phone.
On October 28, 2022, SCA and Holmen communicated that the companies intended to carry out a feasibility study for a jointly owned sawmill in Rundvik, Västerbotten County in Sweden.
From 2024, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will be extended to maritime transport emissions. The new rules will be introduced gradually and by 2026 they will cover all maritime shipping. “This will involve a gradual increase in costs for maritime transport over the next few years,” says Magnus Svensson, President of SCA Sourcing and Logistics.
Pär Boman declines re-election as the chairman of the board for Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA). Boman remains the board’s chairman until the annual general meeting on March 22, 2024.
SCA's new facility in Obbola, outside Umeå, has now been inaugurated. This means that the paper mill has the world's largest machine for kraftliner and with it a significantly increased capacity to produce climate-smart packaging material.
SCA has been nominated for the German National Sustainability Award, Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis, which is presented in collaboration with the German federal government and several prominent organizations. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 23, 2023, in Düsseldorf.
Now, the seventh round of the Forest Business Accelerator has started. A program that has attracted several start-ups with forest innovations to Västernorrland. Behind the program stands the incubator BizMaker in collaboration with SCA, IBM and RISE*.
A digital representation of the complete sawmill workflow, large amounts of data and new automated processes. With its new grading mill in place and the B700 project successfully completed, Bollsta Sawmill is equipped and ready to face the future. In the very place where the story began over 200 years ago, the foundation is being laid for the next generation of sawmills.
SCA and Persson Invest began their collaboration around Gällö Timber and the sawmill in Gällö, Jämtland in 2010. Since 2010, significant investments have been made in the sawmill to develop its operations and strengthen its competitiveness. Today, the sawmill has 115 employees and a capacity of 370,000 cubic meters of sawn timber.
January–June 2023 compared with January–June 2022
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) on May 8, 2018 established a Medium Term Note program (MTN) with a loan framework amounting to SEK 8 billion. Up to and including July 7, 2023 SCA has issued SEK 6.2 billion under the MTN program, of which SEK 4 billion is outstanding.
Climate change demands entirely new industries and often extensive access to fossil-free electricity to deliver products that will replace fossil-based items. This means that the electricity grid issue becomes critical to enabling new investments. “We’re currently developing industrial land at Östrand pulp factory in Timrå Municipality and have been granted environmental permits for a biorefinery for climate-smart fuels, but before we know whether we’ll have access to an electricity grid that can distribute enough electricity, we can’t make any investment decisions,” says Roger Östlin, General Manager Sustainable Fuels SCA Renewable Energy.
Political pressure for fossil-free fuel for European aviation is intensifying. This offers a considerable opportunity to SCA’s Renewable Energy business area – and a considerable challenge. “The most fundamental thing to manage the transition from oil, in our sector and many others, is fossil-free electricity and sufficient access to raw materials. This will demand enormous effort and work must be allowed to go faster,” says Mikael Källgren, SCA President Renewable Energy.
Bioenergy is the largest energy source in Sweden today and forms the foundation for a Swedish energy system with low environmental and climate impact. During the spring, SCA increased its production of fossil-free energy with a pellet plant at its Rundvik sawmill. SCA now produces around 300,000 tonnes of pellets annually. Burning these pellets instead of fossil fuel creates a climate benefit of just under 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
The press conference, which will be held in connection with the publication of SCA's report for the second quarter 2023, can be followed via webcast or telephone.
During the spring and early summer, SCA Logistics will be delivering main components to 24 turbines from Rotterdam to the Klevberget wind farm west of Sundsvall. The extremely heavy components and exacting schedule demand customised solutions.
Breakbulk Europe, the world’s largest trade fair for project cargo and breakbulk, attracted 9,600 visitors. “While this was a rewarding trade fair, there were many signals that the coming year will be tough for many stakeholders,” says Sourcing Manager Mikael Toft of SCA Sourcing and Logistics.
During the spring, SCA began introducing conservation measures at Lögdö bruk, an old ironworks site in Timrå Municipality. The aim is to promote deciduous forest – gray alder in particular – and to preserve a protected species of grass known as drooping woodreed.
In May, over 75,000 people visited Munich for Transport Logistics, the international exhibition for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management, the world’s largest logistics trade fair and a vital forum for everyone in the industry. Naturally, SCA Logistics was in attendance. “We showed our freight forwarding services in Germany and our Ro-Ro routes – as well as taking the opportunity to meet customers and partners,” says SCA Logistics Sales Manager Tomas Andersson.
The world’s largest kraftliner machine is now in production at SCA´s Obbola Paper Mill. This multi-billion-kronor investment will significantly increase the fossil-free production of kraftliner. SCA Logistics is therefore revising its Ro-Ro timetable and opening up new shipping opportunities during 2023.
Ortviken's new factory facility was inaugurated on 16 May 2023 with a ceremonial speech by Berit Högman, Governor of Västernorrland County, and a "ribbon cutting" by timber sports profile Ferry Svan. This means that the journey towards the production of 300,000 tonnes of climate-smart CTMP pulp has formally begun.
O-ringen (The world´s biggest orienteering adventure) starts in Åre on July 22-28, 2023. SCA is sponsoring the first stage, on July 23, and will be present during the other competition days to spread awareness of SCA to visitors and competitors in a 25 square meter tent on the market street near by the Holiday Club. Welcome to see us!
Kristina Enander, President of SCA’s Pulp business area, will assume the role of Senior Vice President Strategic Development on May 1, 2023. In addition to overall responsibility for driving SCA's strategic development, the role also includes responsibility for research and development, the Group's technical department, and the Group's IT operations. Enander has worked at SCA since 1993.
January–March 2023 compared with January–March 2022 · Net sales amounted to SEK 4,813m (5,015). The decrease was mainly related to lower selling prices for solid-wood products and containerboard. · EBITDA declined 21% to SEK 2,055m (2,608). The change was mainly attributable to lower selling prices. Growth in renewable energy and strong earnings in forest operations, primarily based on a high degree of self-sufficiency in wood raw material, had a positive impact on earnings. EBITDA margin was 42.7% (52.0). · Operating profit amounted to SEK 1,596m (2,223). · Operating cash flow increased to SEK 1,203m (1,143) and continued to finance ongoing strategic capital expenditures. · Earnings per share was SEK 1.74 (2.45). January–March 2023 compared with October–December 2022 · Net sales amounted to SEK 4,813m (4,873). The change was mainly attributable to lower selling prices for pulp and containerboard, which were offset by higher delivery volumes. · Higher delivery volumes and growth in renewable energy had a positive earnings effect. EBITDA increased 4% to SEK 2,055m (1,981). Good control over SCA’s own value chain with a high degree of self-sufficiency in wood, energy and logistics yielded a controlled cost development. EBITDA margin increased to 42.7% (40.6).
The first issue of SCA Logistics´magazine New Ways is on its way to be delivered in mailboxes all over the world.
A large part of SCA Containerboard's innovation work is based on conversations and listening to customers' ideas and needs. Ultimately, it's about helping them become more competitive. Such a strengthening innovation for business is SCA Smart Box - a digital tool for testing different combinations for corrugated board quickly, easily, and risk-free.
Two-thirds of forest owners’ income is derived from sawmills, and a competitive sawmill industry is in many ways the engine that drives the forestry sector. This is why SCA has invested close to one billion kronor in the development and efficiency of its sawmills in recent years with the aim of maximising the value generated from each tree all times.
SCA owns around 71,000 hectares of land in the Baltics, of which approximately 59,000 hectares is forest land. The forest holding is vital for supplying SCA’s industries with raw materials and increasing SCA’s climate benefit. “We manage the forests to ensure that they grow well. This means that they bind large amounts of carbon dioxide and provide substantial amounts of raw materials for renewable products, which replace products with a larger carbon footprint,” says Jonas Mårtensson, Director SCA Forest.
SCA is making a major investment in CTMP pulp, tripling its capacity from 100,000 tonnes a year to 300,000 tonnes, increasing the supply of sustainable materials on the world market for packaging and other products. “Now our customers can manufacture more climate-smart products, which replace products made from fossil-based materials,” says Kristina Enander, Director, SCA Pulp.
The Annual General Meeting of SCA was held on March 30, 2023 at Clarion Hotel in Sundsvall.
The press conference, which will be held in connection with the publication of SCA's report for the first quarter 2023, can be followed via webcast or telephone.
The world’s largest machine for the production of kraftliner has entered service in Obbola in Västerbotten, outside Umeå, eastern Sweden. With a total investment of SEK 7.5 billion, this major project has been completed ahead of schedule and within budget, significantly increasing opportunities to produce packaging materials that replace plastic.
Today, 21 March, is UN International Day of Forests. SCA, Europe’s largest private forest owner, welcomes the UN’s efforts to highlight the benefits provided by forests and encourages member states to plant more trees.
SCA is publishing its annual and sustainability report for 2022 today. The report sets out how, as Europe's largest private forest owner with the forest as the core of its business, SCA creates stable and profitable value growth over time. The report also covers SCA's high degree of self-sufficiency and investment programme in northern Sweden and the Baltics.
SCA has done some test driving with the electric timber truck to the forest in order to transport wood. It is the first time ever that an electric timber truck is being used practically in the forest. The truck is normally driven between Gimonäs wood terminal and Obbola kraftliner mill.
SCA has performed strongly in a ranking of sustainability performance of the Swedish stock exchange’s 131 largest companies compiled by Swedish business daily Dagens Industri and Lund University.
Notice is given to the Shareholders of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (”SCA”), Reg. No. 556012-6293,of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at 1.00 p.m. in Sundsvall at Clarion Hotel Sundsvall (registration from 11.30 a.m.)
For a few weeks, SCA has been test-driving the Centipede concept machine, which Komatsu and eight Swedish forestry companies are jointly developing. The results are promising. The machine is seen as the sustainable forest machine of the future and combines lower soil compaction, increased productivity and better work environment.
SCA's President and CEO, Ulf Larsson, has been awarded Fastmarkets Forest Products' prestigious "European CEO of the Year" 2023 award.