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The journey of change undertaken by Sodra’s sawmills in recent years is now yielding results in terms of competetive production and a better offering to our customers.
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at the new facility will require a certain volume from the sawmill at Värö. The higher volume at Mönsterås will offset some of the volume we will use in CLT production. Our acquisition of the UK sales company Södra Wood Ltd has also improved our market potential,” said Lindquist. “We see a very bright future and believe it is built with timber.”
The forests in Sweden neutralise half of the entire country’s carbon emissions. Södra hope that by continuing to show landowners how to manage their forests and maintain the
quality while increasing the number of trees, they can improve on the percentage of carbon neutralised.
To continue their 0% carbon target, Södra export most of their timber by rail or cargo ship from Varberg harbour. One third of the UK’s timber supplies come from Södra via boat to Rochester port in Kent, a journey that takes an average of eight days. If Södra were to suddenly change their transport methods to lorries, they would have 100,000 lorry deliveries a year to their Varo site.
Sustainable Diversity Södra understand how crucial it is for the building supplies and construction industry to attract a more diverse range of workers in all areas. In fact their current workforce has less than the national average percentage of women, however they are working on increasing that. Marcus Asgarde, Varo Sawmill Manager said “We are in a male-dominated industry but as diversity and creativity within the industry climbs, more women will work within it.” BMJ
December 2018
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