Friday, 08 March 2019 09:35
High scores for Södra’s nature conservation
The positive results for Södra’s consideration follow-ups have continued, according to the company’s Green Balance Sheet report. Both regeneration harvests and thinning operations have maintained continued high levels despite a year of extraordinary weather conditions. At the same time, the…
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Thursday, 07 March 2019 08:13
Gunilla Saltin leaving Södra
Gunilla Saltin, President of Södra Cell, is leaving Södra for a new role as Technical Director at the packaging and paper company Mondi, based in Vienna. Gunilla Saltin“I would like to thank Gunilla for all of her years at Södra…
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Thursday, 07 February 2019 09:54
SCA wants to acquire forest land in Latvia
SCA and Latvian Forest Company have signed a letter of intent for SCA to acquire 10 000 hectares of forest land in Latvia. Latvian Forest Company owns and runs a number of forest farms in Latvia. The purchase-sum would amount to…
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Thursday, 07 February 2019 09:39
SCA Wood France and ISB consider merger
SCA Wood France and the French company Innovation Solutions Bois, ISB, are considering a merger of its operations on wood processing and distribution of wood products in France. The potential merger would result in a large and resourceful supplier of…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:21
Fewer emissions with new more efficient wood stove
We have reached the goal of making the most efficient wood stove in the world. Swedish innovation company Calidum Cor has developed a stove that is both more efficient and environmentally friendly than any alternative on the market. "We have…
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Forest Bioenergy
Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:11
Turning forest carbon assimilation into a service in a VTT-led project
VTT coordinates the EU-funded Forest Flux project, launched in 2018, which creates commercial services for the estimation of forest carbon storage and assimilation. The services are based on computerised interpretation of satellite data acquired by the Sentinel-2 satellite, which is…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:06
So large is the contribution from the forest sector in combatting climate change
At a seminar in Stockholm February 25, SCA will for the first time present figures of the total climate effects of the company’s operations. “Our growing forests, as well as our products, brings substantial contributions to the work with combatting…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 20:01
Södra adapts timber prices to market conditions
We are seeing a slowdown in the economy at the same time as wood supplies are high and forestry activity is intense. As a result, the market price of saw logs is declining “Our operating environment is more unsettled, and…
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Thursday, 31 January 2019 19:48
Greater knowledge about the spruce bark beetle
Why does damage caused by spruce bark beetle increase during extremely hot and dry summers? How can growth in young and middle-aged forest be strengthened? These are a few of the questions for which researchers received grants to conduct further…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 09:08
Stora Enso and FSC® join forces in a strategic partnership
Stora Enso and the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) have signed an international partnership agreement establishing a long-term strategic collaboration to develop and promote sustainable forestry. Stora Enso and FSC have announced today a new partnership agreement that aims to increase FSC…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 08:51
Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile
TreeToTextile AB is a joint venture between H&M group, Inter IKEA group and innovator Lars Stigsson since 2014, with the aim of developing new textile fibers in a sustainable way at attractive cost levels. Today TreeToTextile announces that Stora Enso…
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Tuesday, 08 January 2019 08:30
Wuudis ranked as Key Innovators by EC Innovation Radar
Wuudis - A Forestry one-stop platform for forest management and monitoring was selected to innovation category Optimisation considered ready for the market. Innovation Radar aims to identify high-potential innovations and innovators in EC-funded research projects. The Innovation Radar platform builds…
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