Wood Products is one of the core businesses of the Group. Stora Enso Timber supplies sawn and processed softwood products to its customers worldwide. The focus is on strong growth sectors within the construction and joinery industries and timber retail markets.

A cornerstone of Stora Enso Timber's strategy is to increase value for the customer by moving from bulk to standardised, mass-customised and higher-value-added products, and by offering complete solutions for selected end-use segments. Stora Enso Timber is developing internal product standards to ensure consistent performance in various end uses. The increasing proportion of further-processed products in the output reduces the volatility of the business and increases profitability. Local customer service is being enhanced by developing distribution solutions and in-depth expertise in products and end-uses.

Stora Enso Timber has increased its production efficiency and output in all areas of operation in the past two years, especially in Russia and the Baltic States. New further processing capacity has come on stream in Finland, Sweden and Estonia, and major investments are in progress in Central Europe and Estonia to manufacture glue-laminated posts and beams for the house-building industries.

Competitive wood products

Stora Enso Timber is developing from a commodity sawn timber producer into a strong, globally operating supplier of wood products and related services. The product properties required nowadays determine the species used, and pine (redwood) and spruce (whitewood) are specifically sought for only some end-uses. Stora Enso Timber's growth markets are in the construction and joinery industries, and wood products trade.

Products for timber frame construction are solid or glued standardised posts, beams, studs and joists, usually made from whitewood, whereas Nordic redwood is often more suitable for joinery customers manufacturing windows, doors and furniture.