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SEB Enskilda lowers recommendation for SCA

March 17, 2010 by timbercommunity

SEB Enskilda lowers recommendation of the SCA in a market letter dated 17 March. The new target price is set to 105 SEK from 114 SEK.

Sweden’s Environmental Objectives difficult or impossible to reach

March 14, 2010 by timbercommunity

Over the years it has been shown that an increasing number of environmental objectives such as Sweden have set up is very difficult or impossible to reach.  Several of the 16 national environmental objectives have proved to be difficult or even impossible to reach. The Swedish Government now wants to reduce its environmental goals and lower the requirements for how to achieve an environmental objective, writes Swedish Radio Ekot.
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Former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson Joins WRI Board

March 13, 2010 by timbercommunity

Former Prime Minister of Sweden socialdemocrat Göran Persson has been elected to the Board of Directors of the think tank - World Resources Institute (WRI). Read more

Copyprint a new cash cow in a fast-growing market

March 13, 2010 by timbercommunity

Right now copyprint is a service that everyone wants to sell. Printing has become a costly area for IT operations. A study from Harward business school  finds that the average business spends between 3% and 8% of their annual revenues for printed material, this cost accounts for the actual printed work, including the printing. IDC estimates the cost of printing and copying between 412 Euro and 1031 Euro per employee per year in Sweden. Read more

15,000 trees will make Stockholm green

March 13, 2010 by timbercommunity

It is time for a new tree standard. Stockholm is Europe's first green capital and the City Council will take decisions on a new master plan. The conservative majority in the City Hall want to include new planting of one tree for each newly built home. On a four years period this means 15 000 new trees. Read more

Optimizing building components

March 13, 2010 by timbercommunity

Thermal properties of a building component  is an emerging concept in the construction industry and more and more designs should be moisture-proof. Moisture is complicated to calculate and therefore it is easier to use a calculation program which aids. Wufi is such moisture calculation software.
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New marine regulations - disastrous effects for forest industry?

March 13, 2010 by timbercommunity

New regulation from IMO will mean a drastic increase in transport costs for business community in Northern Europe, and especially for base industries.  The decision is likely to have "disastrous effects" for Swedish forest industry according to the organization Swedish forest industryRead more

Handelsbanken Nordic Basic Industry Seminar

March 11, 2010 by timbercommunity

 2010-03-11 | Handelsbanken Nordic Basic Industry Seminar
Handelsbanken Nordic Basic Industry Seminar
Speaker: Jan Johansson, President and CEO SCA
 

Södra builds wind turbines at Mönsterås Mill

March 7, 2010 by timbercommunity

Södra has purchased six ENERCON E-82 wind turbines through its subsidiary Södra Vind AB. The turbines are to be constructed at Södra Cell’s Mönsterås pulp mill. Read more

Electricity prices set new record in Sweden

March 6, 2010 by timbercommunity

The major cost items for many pulp companies are electricity and raw materials. Refineries that convert wood chips into paper pulp are large consumers of electricity since it is a complex process to separate the wood fibers. The spot price during February 2010 was almost 100% higher than the corresponding period in 2009.  Price trends in daily average in the Nordic countries and Germany during the peaked with over 500 Euro / MvhRead more

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JAPAN   Stock Change
OJI PAPER CO LTD 42.00 0.00
Finland (Euro Stock Change
AAHLSTROEM OY 24.30 0.00
STORA ENSO -R- 5.067 -0.033
JAAKKO POYRY GROU 26.00 0.00
M-REAL CORP CL A 5.00 0.00
UPM KYMNENE CP AD 12.57 +0.22
Sweden (SEK)  Stock Change
OMX NORDIC/OMXS30 122.173 +0.658
BILLERUD 57.00 -0.50
HOLMEN -A- 197.00 +6.50
HOLMEN -B- 190.00 -2.50
ROTTNEROS 0.80 +0.05
SVENSKA CELLULO - 101.80 -1.40
STORA ENSO -A- 57.00 -0.50
BERGS TIMBER 29.80 -0.70
ROERVIK TIMBER 14.50 +0.40
Norway (NOK)      Stock Change
NORSKE SKOGIND 8.53 +0.07
Ireland Stock Change
SMURFIT KAPPA PLC 8.75 0.00
USA ($) Stock Change
Avery Dennison Co 34.63 +0.58
International Pap 27.02 +1.64
Kimberly-Clark Co 60.93 +0.40
Plum Creek Timber 38.57 +0.93
Weyerhaeuser Comp 45.32 +0.68
Rayonier Inc. REI 46.02 +0.76
Potlatch Corporat 35.93 +0.96
Canada  Stock Change
SINO-FOREST CORP 20.14 -0.54
WEST FRASER TIMBE 38.87 +0.01
CANFOR CORPORATIO 8.94 +0.10

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