2007: SCA Forest Products formed a jointly owned company with the Norwegian 
Statkraft for a major investment in wind power in northern Sweden. The plans involve production of 2,800 GWh of wind power electricity per year in seven wind farms.
2006: On October 9, the new recovery boiler was placed in operation and shortly thereafter the steam turbine.
2004: Östrand’s new wastewater-treatment plant placed in full operation. The decision was taken to build a new soda recovery boiler and a new steam turbine, an investment of SEK 1.6 billion.
2003: Östrand’s new dock starts receiving vessels.
2002: Östrand’s hardwood pulp epoch comes to an end after 56 years. Production is totally concentrated on softwood kraft pulp.
2001: Following the extensive reconstruction of the boiler, Östrand gains more capacity for burning bio fuel, which reduces the need for oil by 80 percent.
2000: Östrand received FSC, Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custody certification.
1996: SCA launches Libresse with Östrand’s airlaid as absorption core.
1995: Östrand acquires a new, virtually closed-loop bleach plant that bleaches pulp completely without chlorine chemicals.
1992: Östrand starts producing airlaid, a product with extremely good absorption qualities that is used in sanitary towels, among other products.
1991: A new drying machine, to replace four old ones, starts operations.
1983: Chlorine-alkaline plant shuts down.
1982: Östrand’s CTMP plant starts operation.
1979: SCA makes a decision on the Ö80 project, which implies a total technical renewal of Östrand with new bark and chip handling, new fibre line and new chemical recycling and recovery boiler as well as bleach plant upgrades.
1961: A new bleach plant for the entire mill started up.
1946: Östrand begins manufacturing birch kraft pulp.
1945: Bleaching of kraft pulp is installed in one of the four production lines. A chlorine-alkaline plant is erected so Östrand can produce its own bleaching chemicals.
1936: The kraft pulp mill is expanded and capacity rose to 140,000 tons per year, thereby making Östrand Europe’s largest kraft pulp mill.
1932: The first pulp production is carried out.
1929: Financier Ivar Kreuger decided to build a kraft pulp mill at Östrand immediately after forming SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget).
1868: Östrand’s industrial operations start following the construction of a sawmill on the site. The sawmill burns down 1913.