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Operations & Footprint 4 Nov 2026

Holmen to end sawing at Kroksjon mill in Sweden, issues 50 redundancy notices

Holmen plans to end primary sawing at its Kroksjon site near Skelleftea, Sweden, and has issued redundancy notices to 50 employees. Planing, painting, pressure treatment and finger-jointing will continue at the site, supplied with timber from Holmen's Bygdsiljum sawmill. Holmen has started consultations on the new organisation, with the transition planned for 1 March 2027.

Why this mattersHolmen is cutting sawn timber capacity in a Wood Products division whose nine-month operating loss widened to USD 17m (SEK 170m), concentrating log processing at Bygdsiljum.

  • 50 employees at Kroksjon have received redundancy notices
  • Primary sawing will end; planing, painting, pressure treatment and finger-jointing continue at the site
  • Remaining processing will be supplied with timber from Holmen's Bygdsiljum sawmill
  • Consultations have begun; the transition is planned for 1 March 2027
  • Holmen Wood Products posted an operating loss of USD 17m (SEK 170m) in January-September 2026, against USD 7m (SEK 70m) a year earlier
  • Wood Products deliveries fell to 943,000 m3 in the first nine months of 2026 from 990,000 m3 a year earlier
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Updates

  • 2026-11-06 · Edited before publication: Consultations have begun, not concluded. SEK amounts lacked USD conversion (USD 1 = SEK 9.787).
  • 2026-11-06 · Edited before publication: The headline said 50 jobs are cut, but the source says these are redundancy notices, not completed lay-offs. Headline corrected; the story stands as a capacity change.