Södra, Sweden, will invest more than SEK 100 million in its pulp mill in Mönsterås, Sweden. The investment will result in more efficient energy utilization and enhanced productivity at the mill.

 

The Mönsterås pulp mill is Södra's largest with total annual production of 750,000 metric tpy of softwood and hardwood pulp. Mönsterås is Södra's oldest mill, founded in 1958, but is also one of the most modern of its kind in the world as a result of successive investments. This latest investment, now approved, relates to the expansion of the evaporation plant.

 

Södra is undergoing an intensive expansion period and the investment that is now being announced is a further step in improving production, assuring and enhancing the already-high quality of its pulps and optimizing energy utilization.

 

Södra's largest ongoing investment is the expansion of the pulp mill in Värö, totaling in excess of SEK 4 billion. The project will increase annual production at the mill from 450,000 metric tpy to 700,000 metric tpy. In addition, an investment of SEK 700 million is being made in Mörrum to increase pulp production. A new chip plant will be constructed and one of the two pulp lines will be upgraded.