SCA Lodgepole Pine
Lodgepole Pine has sound knots, a light color, and a low weight free from checks. It is also possible to have it heat treated, which makes it more stable, protected from rot, and requires less maintenance.
The Lodgepole pine, made out of the contorta pine, has amazing growth and is also highly resistant to several diseases and fungal attacks that often strike Swedish pines. And rapid growth also offers major climate benefits in as much as it so quickly binds so much carbon dioxide.
When the North American contorta pine was first planted in Sweden in the 1970s, it was with a clear objective in mind: to restore balance to forest stocks as quickly as possible, thus ensuring the long-term availability of raw materials. Today, just over 50 years later, SCA is ready to introduce this new tree species to the market and begin large-scale production of sawn timber products in Lodgepole pine.
Why Lodgepole Pine?
Sound knots
Easy to process
Low weight and free from checks
Heat treated
Our Lodgepole Pine can be heath treated wich makes it dimension stability, chemical free protection from rot and in need of a low maintenance.
The Lodgepole Pine in production
Watch this video when the contorta pine is sawn at the sawmill in Gällö.
Asia has discovered Swedish lodgepole pine
It is not often that a new type of wood is introduced to the market, so both we and our customers are excited about the Lodgepole Pine.
Would you like to know more about Lodgepole pine?
Alexander Åhréus
Sales person, Scandinavia, Specialist Lodgepole Pine, SCA Wood
- Telephone
- +46 73 029 12 63
- alexander.ahreus@sca.com
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When the North American contorta pine was first planted in Sweden in the 1970s, it was with a clear objective in mind: to restore balance to forest stocks as quickly as possible, thus ensuring the long-term availability of raw materials.