Monday, 15 July 2019 20:18
Wuudis Solutions secured second prize in EU Big Data solution competition
Opening up research and Innovation results for the benefit of society is essential to acknowledge EU tax payers´ money. With this objective, Wuudis Solutions in collaboration with Finnish Forest Centre and other DataBio partners disseminated high-impact results achieved in EU…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 19:29
SCA publishes map of nature conservation areas
SCA has published on its website a digital map of the company’s forests voluntarily set-aside for nature conservation. This is forests that SCA has voluntarily exempted from forest management due to its high conservation values. The areas include forests that…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 19:05
John Deere to invest in customer service centers in Scotland, Sweden and Finland
The new customer service centers supporting John Deere’s forest machinery business will open in 2020 in Perth, Scotland; Ockelbo, Sweden; and Laukaa, Finland. The investments will improve the geographical scope of our customer service and the efficiency of customer service.…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 19:01
SCA acquires another 10,000 hectares of forest land in Latvia
SCA has signed an agreement to acquire Sundin Mezs SIA from the unlisted Swedish company Livland Skog AB. Sundin Mezs SIA owns forest and land assets in Latvia. The purchase price is approximately SEK 260 million (€24.2m) on a debt-free…
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Monday, 15 July 2019 11:59
BillerudKorsnäs sells a majority stake in Bergvik Skog Öst
BillerudKorsnäs has just entered into an agreement for the sale of a majority stake in Bergvik Skog Öst to the pension company AMF. BillerudKorsnäs sells 89.9% of Bergvik Skog Öst AB for a price corresponding to an enterprise value of…
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Monday, 03 June 2019 10:28
SCA acquires 10,000 hectares of forest land in Estonia
SCA has acquired Forestum Group AB, a Swedish company which owns forest and land assets in Estonia, totalling approximately 10,000 hectares. The purchase price is SEK 420 million (€39m) on a debt-free basis. Forestum has an Estonian subsidiary which owns…
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Monday, 06 May 2019 11:59
Benefitting from sustainable financing
What are green bonds and why is Stora Enso integrating its sustainability agenda into funding and financial services? We asked Pasi Kyckling, our SVP, Group Treasurer for his views on sustainable finance and Stora Enso’s approach to the world of…
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Friday, 03 May 2019 12:37
This year’s planting season underway at SCA 43 million seedlings to be planted
The planting season is now beginning in Northern Sweden and 43 million seedlings are to be planted by SCA in its own forests and on the land of private forest owners. The seedlings are from the Bogrundet nursery, the largest…
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Friday, 03 May 2019 12:32
Final rally: Plastic Free Day - will you get involved?
RWM will be practising what we preach on the 8th of May, by taking part in Plastic Free Day. We have initiated an office challenge to go 'plastic free' for 24 hours and document our efforts, in a bid to…
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Friday, 03 May 2019 09:26
Sappi and Borregaard celebrate 20 years of biorefinery investment
LignoTech South Africa (LignoTech) is an equal partnership joint venture between Sappi Southern Africa Limited (“Sappi”) and Borregaard AS of Norway (“Borregaard”). The lignin extraction plant in Umkomaas, KwaZulu Natal was first commissioned in December 1998 and officially opened in…
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Friday, 03 May 2019 09:23
ANDRITZ to supply biomass handling system to Eldorado, Brazil for a biomass power plant
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Eldorado Brasil to supply a biomass handling system for their new Onça Pintada plant in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2020.…
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Monday, 08 April 2019 22:35
SCA acquires 10 000 hectares of forest land in Latvia
SCA has acquired Latvian Forest Company’s forest and land assets in Latvia, in total 10 000 hectares. The price is SEK 260 million (€ 26,2 million). Latvian Forest Company owns and runs a number of forest holdings in Latvia. The assets…
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