Wood products company Setra has signed a contract for the acquisition of an industrial property in Långshyttan, Sweden. The property is currently owned by Outokumpu and occupancy will take place during the 1Q 2018. The purchase will provide great opportunities to develop the business towards more processed products and the first step will be to open a component factory, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
“We see great demand for a larger range of processed products. The investment will enable us to enhance our long-term competitiveness and to offer products to customers such as the Scandinavian window and door industries,” says Hannele Arvonen, CEO of Setra.
The property that Setra has purchased is located close to the company’s Långshyttan facility, where it manufactures its glulam. This investment will therefore provide opportunities to create a wood industry centre in Långshyttan. The raw material for the new component factory will be taken from Setra’s pine sawmill in Bergslagen and is perfect for this type of industry. Production volume will be 45,000 cubic metres of finished components.
Production at the component factory in Långshyttan is expected to begin in the second half of 2018.
Setra is one of Sweden’s largest wood products companies.
