Scandinavian Worldforest News

The closure of the mill is affecting the 508 employees of the mill. The personnel reductions will take place on 31 January 2012. /UPM

Finnish Forest Industries Federation member companies purchased 25.3 million cubic metres of wood from Finnish private-owned forests in 2011. This is almost a quarter less than in 2010, when summer storms boosted timbers sales. /Forestindustries

Stora Enso Oyj’s annual summary of stock exchange releases and interim reviews published during the year 2011 is available in pdf-format at Group’s website: www.storaenso.com/press./Stora Enso

SCA’s Year-end Report for 2011 will be published on Thursday, 26 January, at approximately 12:00 CET./SCA

Obtaining PEFC certification for the management of our forest holdings allows us to satisfy the demand from an increasing number of customers, said Mats Sandgren, President of SCA Skog./Pulp-Paper World

Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery has received an important order from Södra Cell Mönsterås Mill in Sweden. The pulp dryer TM5 of the chemical pulp mill will be revamped for higher production. /Vaahto Group

Two days after taking over, FAO's new Director-General José Graziano da Silva told his inaugural press conference that the total elimination of hunger and undernourishment from the world will be his top priority. /FAO

SCA has now completed the previously announced transaction of creating a joint venture in Australasia./SCA

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has called on WWF International to disassociate itself from a report by Sumatra-based NGO ‘Eyes on the Forest ’ (EOF) which contains ‘clearly false’ allegations regarding the company’s operations. / Ritzau

A new United Nations mobile phone app lets users calculate their carbon footprint, visualize its equivalent in a particular ecosystem, and learn new ways in which they can reduce their emissions through specific actions. /Click Green

The Australian Government has stepped up its efforts to ensure the sustainability of the country's forest plantations. /EarthTimes

A Swedish method of teaching children about the importance of nature in forest classrooms through a well-loved woodland creature called “Mulle,” is spreading slowly but steadily in Japan. /NHK

Two quarterly timber price reports tracking the delivered wood costs on a North American(The North American Wood Fiber Review), and international (Wood Resource Quarterly)basis. /Woodprices

SCA will invest a total of SEK 540m to strengthen kraftliner production in Munksund, Piteå, Sweden. The intention is to upgrade the paper machine and refurbish the soda-recovery boiler. /SCA

RusForest AB will acquire all of the shares in Clean Tech East's wholly owned subsidiaries Eastern Bio Holding AB (EBH) and Bio Energi B.E.N. /RusForest

Holmen has conducted a revaluation of its forest holdings, which will positively impact the operating profit in the fourth quarter by SEK 3.6 billion and the profit after tax by SEK 2.6 billion. /Holmen

The world's three biggest polluters China, the United States and India refused to move towards a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions, increasing the risk that climate talks will fail to clinch a meaningful deal this week./ Swissinfo

The Board of Billerud AB has decided to carry out environmental and energy investment at Skärblacka mill outside Norrköping. The goal is to strengthen the mill for the future expansion. The investment is expected to amount to SEK 900 million./Billerud

As the leading supplier of bio-based packaging materials, Stora Enso is proud to offer the most versatile selection of packaging boards suited to protect and promote the best wines and spirits./The 4-Traders

The Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries & Forestry has issued the findings of its inquiry into the forestry sector. /Investor's Business Daily