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Swedish forestry cooperative
Södra Skogsägarna, trading as Södra, is a forestry cooperative based in Växjö, Sweden. More than 52,000 forest owners in southern Sweden are members of the economic association that is Södra. Together they own just over half of all privately owned forest in the area.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Södra Skogsägarna, trading as Södra, is a forestry cooperative based in Växjö, Sweden. More than 52,000 forest owners in southern Sweden are members of the economic association that is Södra. Together they own just over half of all privately owned forest in the area. This gives them a market for their raw materials from the forest and at the same time provides the foundation for profitable forestry.2
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Södra Skogsägarna was founded in 1938 when five south Swedish forestry cooperative merged into one. One of the persons behind the merger was Gösta Edström that become the first CEO of Södra Skogsägarna.
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Södra Bioproducts is a business area within Södra responsible for the sales and marketing of carbon-, chemical- and energy-based products that are produced at Södra’s industrial facilities or directly from forest operations. The product portfolio includes:
Biofuels: bark, biomethanol, fuelwood, wood chips, pellets, forest chips, sawdust, tall oil, heat logs
Biomaterials: bark, wood shavings, pellets, sawdust, wood chips
Biochemicals: biomethanol, dissolving pulp, lignin, tall oil, turpentine, tannin
Dissolving pulp
Electricity
District heating
These products have been developed with a focus on sustainability and resource efficiency, and play an important role in the green transition by replacing fossil-based alternatives and promoting the responsible use of forest raw material supplied by the members of Södra.
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