<br />
Norra<br />
Timber<br />
News<br />
No 1 • 2025<br />
Pre-painted<br />
exterior cladding<br />
a smart choice<br />
Norra Timber’s utility<br />
pole factory upbeat<br />
– despite recession<br />
Heating local<br />
communities – with<br />
by-products from<br />
the forest<br />
Geopolitical tensions<br />
impact the sawmill industry<br />
High raw material costs, weak timber sales and a sluggish construction<br />
market – the sawmill industry is facing a number of challenges right now.<br />
And the real key to a turnaround lies beyond our control - with two geo-<br />
political factors looking set to determine the future of our industry.<br />
It will come as no surprise that sawmills are<br />
being pressured by high raw material costs<br />
and weakening timber sales. We saw sawmills<br />
in Finland and Sweden announcing cutbacks<br />
during the spring, and the latest annual reports<br />
indicate that profitability has been severely<br />
im<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=1"> Norra Timber News No 1 • 2025 P</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=2"> Geopolitical tensions impact the sawmill industry</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=3"> Environmental declarations for timber products – </a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=4"> ”The long winters mean that the wood </a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=5"> especially now when we are facing a challenging p</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=6"> Norra Skog – a stable presence in uncertain times</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=7"> PHOTO: VICTOR LUNDBERG Norra Skog invests in tr</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=8"> As part of our quality control process, Ulf Björk</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=9"> largely to their access to high quality raw mater</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=10"> Norra Timber protects the Sävarån River and water</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=11"> ”The new stormwater facility in Sävar is </a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=12"> We work with wood from forests in </a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=13"> Record demand for sawdust products TEXT: ELIN O</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=14"> Heating local communities – with by-products from</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=15"> Norra Skog preparing for new EU deforestation reg</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=16"> Our positive 10 climate c*o0,1ntribution </a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=17"> Pre-painted exterior cladding a smart choice TE</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=18"> Swedish parliamentary committee overlooks forestr</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=19"> Our team of salespeople and industry experts have</a>
<a title="Norra Timber News 1/2025 EN page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/443a6ae7?page=20"> Returadress: Norra Skog Box 4076, 904 03 UMEÅ </a>