Rottneros, Sweden, has appointed Michael Berggren mill manager of Vallvik Mill, Sweden. Berggren most recently comes from Ahlstrom-Munksjö, where he was chief of production at Aspa Bruk. He will take office no later than Sept. 21, 2017, and will be part of Rottneros Group Management. 

"It is very pleasing that Michael has accepted the position as mill manager of Vallvik Mill. He is a solid leader with many years of experience from the pulp and paper industry in different positions, mainly within production. Michael is an excellent addition in the continued work of our long-term development plan, Agenda 500. Although we have achieved a great deal so far, we can develop the organization's competence and increase capacity utilization even further. As a result, we will be able to maximize the output from our investments in the future," said Lennart Eberleh, president and CEO of Rottneros.

Rottneros is an independent producer of market pulp. The Group consists of the parent company Rottneros AB and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB, with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes Rottneros Packaging AB, which manufactures fiber trays, and the wood procurement company Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has slightly more than 280 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 1.7 billion in the 2016 financial year.