Our businesses
SCA is organized in five business areas: Forest, Wood, Containerboard, Pulp and Renewable Energy. The supporting unit is Sourcing & Logistics.
The forest is at the heart of SCA’s business – 2.7 million hectares in northern Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Around this unique resource, we have built a strong and well-developed value chain, refining renewable raw material from both our own and others’ forests to meet the needs of today and the future.
Business area Forest
The forest is at the core of SCA’s operations and is managed responsibly, utilizing the entire tree. The raw material is used in SCA’s integrated and welldeveloped value chain to maximize value creation in and from the forest. Forest land also provides value in the form of biodiversity and recreation.
Strategy
- Always supply SCA’s growing industries with raw materials.
- Increase growth and harvesting.
- Strengthen competitiveness through increased productivity and efficiency.
- Acquire forest in the Baltic and Nordic regions.
- Increase the precision and quality of biodiversity conservation measures.
Financial key figures
| SEKm | 2025 |
| Net sales | 9,962 |
| EBITDA | 3,788 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 38.0 |
| Operating cash flow | 1,578 |
| Strategic capital expenditures | 34 |
| Capital employed | 85,144 |
| Return on capital employed, % | 4.0 |
|
Harvesting of own forest, thousand m³sub |
5,396 |
| Average number of employees | 741 |
Business area Wood
SCA operates a competitive sawmill industry, producing high-quality solid wood products from the most valuable part of the tree. The sawmills represent an important source of income for forest owners and serve as the engine of SCA’s value chain. By-products from sawmills are subsequently used to produce pulp, packaging paper, energy and chemicals.
Strategy
- Continued profitable growth kept in balance with supply of raw materials.
- Well-invested plants with world-class efficiency and competitiveness.
- Maximize the value of SCA’s high-quality sawlogs through high raw material yield and customized products.
Financial key figures
| SEKm | 2025 |
| Net sales | 6,125 |
| EBITDA | 856 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 14.0 |
| Operating cash flow | 657 |
| Strategic capital expenditures | 0 |
| Capital employed | 3,468 |
| Return on capital employed, % | 15.5 |
|
Deliveries, wood products, thousand m³ |
2,122 |
| Average number of employees | 912 |
Business area Pulp
Most of the wood that is unsuitable for use in solid-wood products becomes high-grade pulp. Production takes place in modern, energy-efficient facilities that also produce green electricity, heat, liquid biofuel feedstock and green chemicals.
Strategy
- Continue to strengthen competitiveness through increased productivity.
- Realize the full potential of the new CTMP mill in Ortviken.
- Maximize the value of by-products such as electricity, crude tall oil and district heating.
Financial key figures
| SEKm | 2025 |
| Net sales | 7,143 |
| EBITDA | 752 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 10.5 |
| Operating cash flow | 598 |
| Strategic capital expenditures | 165 |
| Capital employed | 8,953 |
| Return on capital employed, % | 0.9 |
|
Deliveries, pulp, thousand tonnes |
987 |
| Average number of employees | 493 |
Business area Containerboard
SCA produces high-quality packaging paper, customized to meet demand for sustainable and efficient packaging solutions. The entire tree is utilized in integrated paper mills, enabling production of green electricity, heat, liquid biofuel feedstock and green chemicals.
Strategy
- Realize the full potential of the new paper machine in Obbola.
- Leverage the position as an independent supplier of containerboard.
- Continue to develop services and product range.
- Evaluate further development of the Munksund paper mill, focusing on specialty grades such as white-top kraftliner and wet-strength kraftliner.
Financial key figures
| SEKm | 2025 |
| Net sales | 6,992 |
| EBITDA | 1,111 |
| EBITDA margin, % | 15.9 |
| Operating cash flow | 422 |
| Strategic capital expenditures | 58 |
| Capital employed | 10,514 |
| Return on capital employed, % | 3.0 |
|
Deliveries, kraftliner, thousand tonnes |
948 |
| Average number of employees | 675 |
Business area Renewable Energy
SCA produces renewable energy in the form of liquid biofuel, solid biofuel and green chemicals from the raw materials that are not used for solid-wood products, pulp or packaging paper. SCA’s forests also offer favorable conditions for wind power production.
Strategy
Wind power
- Maximize value of wind power on SCA’s land and increase lease income.
- Develop a project portfolio for divestment, cooperation or investment.
- Own wind power production to increase degree of self-sufficiency in electricity
Renewable fuels
- Realize the full potential of the biorefinery in Gothenburg.
- Develop the conditions for a biorefinery adjacent to Östrand pulp mill.
Bioenergy
- Maximize the value of solid biofuel streams from SCA’s value chain.
- Guarantee access to feedstock fuel.
Financial key figures
| SEKm | 2025 |
| Revenue¹ | 2,051 |
| EBITDA | 442 |
| EBITDA margin, %² | 21.5 |
| Operating cash flow | 328 |
| Strategic capital expenditures | 1,016 |
| Capital employed | 3,461 |
| Return on capital employed, % | 11.8 |
|
Deliveries, renewable electricity own wind |
98 |
| Average number of employees | 72 |
1) Revenue consists of net sales and other operating income.
2) EBITDA as share of revenue.
Supporting Unit Logistics
SCA operates a streamlined logistics organization that ensures cost-efficient transportation of raw materials to its industries and that finished renewable products reach customers across the globe. The high degree of logistical self-sufficiency ensures stability, control and long-term competitiveness across the value chain.
Research & Development Centre
SCA’s innovation process is deeply embedded in the Group’s strategy and business model. Innovation activities are based on market trends, customer and consumer insight, new technology and new business models.
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