SWEDEN - Södra’s new cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility was inaugurated on the west coast of Sweden.

The facility is one of the largest in Sweden and marks a tenfold increase in Södra’s production capacity.

The new CLT facility broadens the market for construction materials while also promoting sustainable construction and more sustainable communities.

The plant at Värö is one of the largest in Sweden for the production of CLT with the capacity to supply framing materials for just over 4,000 homes per year, a tenfold increase in Södra’s production capacity.

By investing in production at Värö, Södra is close to several developing regions for CLT in the Nordic region. Logistically, the product can also be easily shipped to international markets from the port in Varberg. CLT production is completely fossil free as it uses green energy produced at Södra’s pulp mill at Värö.

Södra is a Swedish bio-based company producing paper pulp, dissolving pulp and wood products. Sodrä is an industrial association owned by 51 000 forest owners in southern Sweden and has approximately 3 800 employees.