Stora Enso

The Finnish- Swedish company Stora Enso is measured in terms of production capacity, the second largest timber company in the world and one of the largest paper and packaging manufacturer. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Stora Enso's sales of 10.81 billion euros in 2012. Stora Enso shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Helsinki and Stockholm.

History

The foundation for the history of the Stora is the acquisition of a copper - mining concession by the Swedish Bishop Peter in the year 1288th In the same year, the oldest still existing joint stock company in the world with the name " Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolaget " short " Stora " in Swedish Falun founded. Seven centuries of copper mining is a core business of the company which bears the name of Stora since 1862. Only since the beginning of the 20th century, the business operated increasingly in the areas of logging and paper production. In 1990, the Stora is expanding into the German market through the acquisition of the German - Swedish Field Mill Group.

The Finnish company Enso in 1872 as a sawmill " W. Gutzeit & Co "was established and contributes since 1924 after the industrial town Enso (now Swetogorsk ) the name " Enso -Gutzeit ". In 1997, took over " Enso " the German firm E. Holtzmann.

The Austrian Schweighofer timber industry grew out of a family reaching back to 1642. Gerald Schweighofer formed from it in the 1990s, one of the largest Sägeunternehmen Europe. In October 1998, Stora Enso and Stora Enso Timber Industry Schweighofer for United, the sawmills are part of the range Stora Enso Timber. In September 2001 Stora Enso Timber took over the 26 % stake of wood industry Schweighofer.

2004, the Polish Intercell Group was acquired. Thus, Stora Enso has another plant for packaging ( kraft papers ) in Poland. 2006 was taken over by papyrus, paper and packaging wholesale branch of Stora Enso, the German Schneidersöhne group, which Stora Enso ascended to the second largest paper merchant in Europe. End of April 2008 Stora Enso sold papyrus to the Swedish financial investment company Altor to 100 %. The sale agreement also included a long-term supply agreement between Stora Enso paper and papyrus.

Production sites

Stora Enso world

The production capacity of paper and board with 12.1 million tons in 2013 is divided in the following countries:

  • Finland 38%
  • Sweden 28 %
  • Germany 13%
  • China 4 %
  • Brazil 2%
  • Other countries 15 %

Stora Enso in Germany

The Group's locations are spread over

  • Dusseldorf: Sales Office and purchase of wood
  • Baienfurt: Paper Finishing of folding boxboard
  • Lübeck: Paper Finishing of folding boxboard
  • Sachsen Mill in a hurry Castle: recycled newsprint
  • Hagen: wood-containing, coated printing paper in reels and sheets
  • Karlsruhe- Maxau: magazine paper
  • Uetersen: wood-free, multi- coated printing papers and one-side coated, wet-strength label papers
  • Parishes: sawmill

On 10 September 2008 Stora Enso published a comprehensive restructuring program. This also affected the German sites were affected:

  • Baienfurt: Decommissioning of the board machine at the end of 2008 (210.000 t / a)
  • Hagen works: closure of the paper machine 3 at the end of 2008 ( 140,000 t / a)
  • Maxau: closure of the paper machine 7 to the end of 2010 ( 190,000 t / a) reduction 180 employees

At the site Baienfurt thus remained only a cutting center with 40 employees.

Austria

Four of the 25 sawmills in Austria are:

  • Ybbs ( 460 employees, the Group's largest sawmill, built in 1983 )
  • Brand ( was the root of the sawmill Schweighofer family)
  • Bad St. Leonhard
  • Sollenau

Sweden

  • Fors Mill: folding boxboard
  • Hylte Mill, Hyltebruk: 920 employees, newsprint 2012: closure of PM1
  • May 2013: Closure of PM 2 with a capacity of 205,000 metric tons of newsprint per year
  • May 2013: Closure of PM 11 with a capacity of 270,000 metric tons of newsprint per year

Poland

  • Ostrołęka: Wrapping paper

Indicators

Environment

Stora Enso's wood procurement organization ( Division Forest Products / Wood Supply ) and a majority of the plants are certified according to PEFC and / or FSC. Further, a system for determining origin of the wood used was introduced, which is rewarded by its customers (see for example the Axel Springer Verlag). In Germany originate over 70 % of the wood used from PEFC or FSC certified forests. The German paper mills to process wood from Germany and France. Pulp comes to an ever greater extent, from the plantations in Latin America. Here, Stora Enso is committed to partnering with the environmental organization to set standards for certification.

Stora Enso as well as the Finnish company UPM- Kymmene and Metsä -Serla come again and again in the headlines, as it is considered a major customer of the Finnish national forest timber from forests relate, classified by environmental NGOs as virgin forests, and use of resident conflicts with there Sami and reindeer herding moves to be. As far as this wood is processed into pulp mills, it can find its way into products for the German market.

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