SCA’s new planing mill in Tunadal, Sweden was launched on 31 October. The investment in Tunadals planing mill of 80 million SEK means increased productivity and better prerequisites for product development and innovations. Source: Timberbiz
The new planing mill comes with a lot of benefits, with new raw material intake, new splitting line and new packaging line leading to productivity increases and with the new technology, the pace of the product development and innovations will also increase.
Today, cladding, studs and roof panels are produced at the planning mill at Tunadal, all made of spruce from northern Sweden. From now on cladding will be one of the main products.
“With this investment, we can meet our customers needs and offer them more competitive products,” Joakim Nehrer, Sales and marketing director Scandinavia at SCA Wood said.
“This milestone is an important part for both Tunadal’s and SCA’s development. The previous band saw has been replaced with a split saw which creates a more homogeneous surface.
“This surface contributes to decreased waste of paint, which is totally in line with our sustainability work.
“We have more than doubled our capacity with our new planing mill. And it feels good that the residues from the process become pellets. These pellets go back to SCAs value chain and become heat at the Ortviken and Östrands mills,” Anna Schönström, manager at Tunadals planning mill said.
During the inauguration Jerry Larsson, the president of SCA Wood, gave a speech and the guest got a guided tour at the new planning mill.
