Södra begins Värö expansion

The Land and Environment Court has now given Södra permission to begin the actual construction work in Värö.

The expanded mill is scheduled to start up in the autumn of 2016. This expansion involves increasing the current production capacity of 425 000 tonnes to 700 000 tonnes of pulp per year. This will make the mill one of the biggest in the world in terms of softwood sulphate pulp production.

Södra, Valmet and NCC took part in the ceremony to herald the start of construction, an initiative in which Södra has invested more than four billion Swedish kronor. Valmet will be supplying a new continuous digester and upgrades to wood handling, the fibre line, evaporation plant, soda recovery boiler, causticisation, flashdryer, drying machine and baling. NCC has been commissioned to carry out the groundwork, civil engineering works and construction works.