{"id":178980,"date":"2026-07-28T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=178980"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:46:59","slug":"stora-enso-invests-in-fluff-pulp-production-increase-at-its-skutskar-business-unit-and-concludes-change-negotiations-for-softwood-line-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/stora-enso-invests-in-fluff-pulp-production-increase-at-its-skutskar-business-unit-and-concludes-change-negotiations-for-softwood-line-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Stora Enso invests in fluff pulp production increase at its Skutsk\u00e4r business unit and concludes change negotiations for softwood line closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 Stora Enso<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Stora Enso strengthens its focus on specialised pulp grades by investing EUR 19 million in fluff pulp production increase at its Skutsk\u00e4r production unit in Sweden. This investment will cater to the growing consumer demand for hygiene products. As a result of the ongoing change negotiations, the company has also decided to permanently close softwood pulp production on fiberline 3 (L3). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Stora Enso<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The investment in fluff pulp production increase at Skutsk\u00e4r will strengthen Stora Enso\u2019s position as the leading fluff pulp producer in Europe. The upgrades will further enhance production stability and efficiency, improve quality, enable future fiber blends, and increase fluff production capacity by approximately 10%. The investment is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2027 and falls within Stora Enso\u2019s capital expenditure guidance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is an important step for Stora Enso. Fluff pulp usage is growing, based on aging population across the globe and increased usage of hygiene products and with demand expected to outgrow supply over time. In line with our strategy, we are shaping our business for accelerated growth and value creation by serving demanding customers,\u201d says\u202fJohanna Hagelberg, Executive Vice President, Biomaterials Business Area at Stora Enso.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As previously stated, the now decided closure of soft wood pulp fiberline 3 (L3) means that production will stop during Q3 2026, subject to fulfillment of customer orders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMarket conditions did not support a viable path for the future of L3. This investment sharpens our focus on fluff and the work to restructure the organisation accordingly continues. We are positioning Skutsk\u00e4r strategically for long-term competitiveness in the expanding fluff market,\u201d says\u00a0Timo Tidenberg, Head of Stora Enso\u2019s Business Unit Skutsk\u00e4r<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After the capacity increase, Stora Enso\u2019s Skutsk\u00e4r site will have an annual capacity of 440 000 tons of fluff pulp.\u00a0

> Link to press release 25 May 2026<\/strong>:\u00a0Stora Enso plans to reorganise its\u00a0Skutsk\u00e4r\u00a0production unit in Sweden to focus on fluff pulp and increase competitiveness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Stora Enso<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stora Enso\u202fis a global leader in renewable materials with a strong focus on packaging. Our purpose is to replace non-renewable materials with renewable solutions. Together with our customers, we design and deliver competitive, high-quality packaging materials and solutions, made from fresh and recycled\u00a0fibers, accelerating the transition to a circular bioeconomy. Stora Enso has approximately 19,000 employees and our sales in 2025 were EUR 9.3 billion.\u202fwww.storaenso.com.<\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stora Enso strengthens its focus on specialised pulp grades by investing EUR 19 million in fluff pulp production increase at its Skutsk\u00e4r production unit in Sweden. This investment will cater to the growing consumer demand for hygiene products. As a result of the ongoing change negotiations, the company has also decided to permanently close softwood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":179001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The investment in fluff pulp production increase will strengthen Stora Enso\u2019s position as the leading fluff pulp producer in Europe","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,6268,11323,15390,28217],"supplier":[551],"class_list":["post-178980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-forestry","tag-naturalfibers","tag-pulp","tag-pulpfibers","supplier-stora-enso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179021,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178980\/revisions\/179021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178980"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=178980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}