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Gruvön Mill

Also known as Gruvön

OperatingBillerud AB (publ)Billerudbillerud.comID 00113

Gruvön Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Slottsbron, Sweden, owned by Billerud. With a capacity of 685 000 tonnes per year it is the 7th largest of the 26 pulp mills in Sweden with a recorded capacity.

Location and logistics

Location
Slottsbron, Norra Mellansverige, Sweden
Nearest port
Karlstad · 22 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
Own siding
Verified by satellite 2026-10-01
OpenStreetMap track way/305131512 ↗, 324 m from the site point. Method
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
685 000 t/y pulp
Board: not recorded (reported production, no capacity figure recorded)
Paper: not recorded (integrated papermaking; no paper capacity figure recorded)
Production
Board: 262 000 t
Paper: 304 000 t
2004 · environmental report
Board: capacity measures pulp; this figure is board
Paper: capacity measures pulp; this figure is paper
Type
Kraft

Raw material and products

Fibre
PineSpruce
Pulp grades
NBSK
Paper products
Fluting Medium PaperLinerboardLiquid packaging board
Also produces
ElectricityTall oil
Certifications
FSCPEFC

History and sources

Data confidence: Medium (74 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. other2022
    An electric boiler was installed at the mill in 2022 as part of the phase out of fossil fuels.
    Source ↗
  2. expansion2019-10-03
    The new board machine KM7 was inaugurated on 3 October 2019 with a capacity of 550,000 tonnes per year of liquid packaging board, white top kraftliner, cartonboard and cup stock.
    Source ↗
  3. startup1931
    The first paper machine at Gruvön, PM1, was started up in 1931.
    Source ↗
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  1. founded1929
    Billerud AB began building a sulphate pulp mill with a kraft paper mill at Gruvön in 1929.
    Source ↗
  2. product added-
    In the early 1950s the mill produced the world's first liquid packaging board.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. otherchecked 2026-07-22
    paper-world.com ↗
  2. company websitechecked 2026-11-04
    billerud.com ↗
  3. company websitechecked 2026-08-25
    billerud.com ↗
Show all 4 sources
  1. otherchecked 2026-10-01
    openstreetmap.org ↗

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Related facilities

Billerud
Karlsborg MillQuinnesec MillRockhammar MillEscanaba MillFrövi Mill
Largest in Sweden
Östrand MillVärö MillBraviken Paper MillMönsterås MillHusum Mill
Nearby
Gruvöns sågverk· 1 kmStora Enso Gruvön pellet plant· 1 kmSkoghall Mill· 19 kmSäffle Mill· 25 kmMoelven Edanesågen· 36 km

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