Monday, November 21, 2016
On November 17, SCA inaugurated its new saw line at Tunadal sawmill. As a result, the sawmill is now one of the most modern in Europe, from log feed to goods out.
Ulf Larsson, President of SCA Forest Products, said, “Step by step, we’ve invested a total of SEK 1.3 billion in transforming Tunadal Sawmill into the internationally competitive facility that it has to be if it is to create the maximum possible value from our forest raw materials, in order to supplement SCA’s other forest products in the region and serve as the flagship of our sawn timber business.”
The facility now built is not only highly cost-efficient but also energy-efficient.
Larsson added, “We use cooling water from the sea and heat recovery. The energy for drying is provided through close cooperation with our own production operations and with Sundsvall Municipality’s energy system in what is overall a very energy-efficient solution.”
The sawmill offers a high level of safety and a good, secure work environment for the people working there.
County Governor Gunnar Holmgren commented: “Tunadal was Sweden’s first steam-powered sawmill and represented the start of the dynamic growth of the forest industry in northern Sweden. More than 150 years later, it is still a flagship in the Swedish forest industry and – in common with the rest of the forest industry – places the highest possible value on the region’s most important natural resource, its forest.”
Tags: environemnt, forest products, saw line, sawmill, SCA, SCA Timber, tunadal sawmill
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