”We have to work innovatively to strengthen our competitiveness and to take the best possible advantage of the investments made in our plants. But what we don’t need is political broadsides below the waterline,” says Ulf Larsson, President of SCA Forest Products, in an interview published on SCA's web page.“We have large and competitive production facilities, and we have access to a fantastic fiber raw material,” Ulf Larsson answers a question how he rates the competitiveness of SCA Forest Product’s industrial facilities.”Forward-thinking energy investments have enabled us to internally build up a cost-efficient energy supply system that has significantly contributed to the competitiveness of the plants. The mills in Aylesford and Laakirchen are attractively located close to the markets in the UK and central Europe, whereas the mills in Sweden are close to the raw material,” Larsson says.But Ulf Larsson is disappointed with the current Swedish government: “The politicians come along with one deathblow to the industry after another, in the form of short-term or non-existent energy policies and sulphur restrictions on marine fuel, which are disastrous for the competitiveness of Swedish industry and, in practice, increase environmentally harmful emissions.””As a result of these restrictions, it will be cheaper to transport pulp from South America to Europe than from Scandinavia, thus undermining our competitiveness,” Larsson adds.