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SCA acquires French timber-processing company
SCA has acquired PLF, France’s largest independent supplier of wood based
construction products to the builders merchants sector. PLF distributes timber
products to the builders merchants sector throughout France and also conducts
extensive timber-processing activities, including coating and surface treatment of
timber products for interior and exterior use.
PLF’s operations are located in Bonneuil-Matours, outside Poitiers, and in Rochefort, next to
SCA Timber’s own terminal for solid-wood products. PLF further processes about 70,000
cubic metres of solid-wood products annually, including planing and surface treatment.
“For some time now, our aim has been to move up the value chain in France,” says Jonas
Mårtensson, President of SCA Timber. “Through the acquisition of PLF, we will become one
of the largest direct suppliers to the builders merchants sector in France, which is similar to
the position we already hold in the UK and Scandinavia. France is one of our largest and
most important markets and we will now become a comprehensive supplier.
“Through the acquisition of PLF, we also gain valuable further-processing capacity in France.
PLF has a solid reputation as a creative designer and innovative producer of surface-treated
timber products, such as exterior panelling, interior panelling and other wood-based products
for the builders merchants sector.
SCA Timber is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of wood-based products, with an annual
production of 2.2 million cubic metres. The product range is supplemented with service and distribution
solutions for customers in the wood industry and builders merchant sector.
SCA Timber is part of SCA’s Forest Products business unit, which produces publication papers for
newspapers, magazines and catalogues, pulp and renewable energy. SCA Forest Products also
manages SCA's extensive forest holdings and supplies raw materials to SCA's Swedish mills as well
as offering SCA units cost-efficient transport solutions.
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“PLF has been one of our principal customers in France and we believe there is excellent
potential to increase integration with primarily Tunadal sawmill in Sundsvall, Sweden. In
Tunadal, we will now raise production of whitewood products, which are currently in demand
France,” concludes Jonas Mårtensson.
PLF has annual sales of SEK 250m with 70 employees.
Sundsvall, 9 March 2012
SCA TIMBER AB
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For further information, please contact
Jonas Mårtensson, President SCA Timber, tel: +46 (0)60-19 32 58
Björn Lyngfelt, VP Communications SCA Forest Products, tel: +46 (0)60-19 34 98