SCA Tunadal sågverk
OperatingSCA Wood ABSCAsca.comID 01302
SCA Tunadal sågverk is an operating softwood sawmill in Sundsvall, Sweden, owned by SCA. With a capacity of 600 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 3rd largest of the 87 sawmills in Sweden with a recorded capacity, and it produced 434 000 m3 of sawn timber in 2016.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Sundsvall, Mellersta Norrland, Sweden
- Site
- SCA Energy Tunadalpellet plant · 12 000 t/y pellets
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.- Nearest port
- Sundsvall · 6.1 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-02OpenStreetMap track way/463222270 ↗, 163 m from the site point. Method
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Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 600 000 m3/y sawn timberCompany figure
- Production
- 434 000 m3 sawn timber2016 · annual report
- Utilisation
- 72 %
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- curtailment2026-01-21SCA gave layoff notice to 7 employees at Tunadal (and 14 at Rundvik) on 21 January 2026 and said production would be reduced somewhat. Size of the cut not stated.Source ↗
- expansion2018-10-31A new planing mill costing 80 million Swedish kronor was inaugurated at Tunadal on 31 October 2018, more than doubling planing capacity and adding a new raw material intake, splitting line and packaging line.Source ↗
- expansion2016SCA decided in 2014 to invest 500 million Swedish kronor in a single new saw line replacing three lines aged 26 to 41 years, and the new line started up in autumn 2016 lifting capacity from about 500,000 to 540,000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.Source ↗
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- ownership change1929The Tunadal sawmill became part of SCA when the group was formed on 27 November 1929 out of about ten independent forest companies.Source ↗
- founded1849A steam powered sawmill was established at Tunadal north of Sundsvall in 1849, the origin of today's mill and the only sawmill left from the region's early sawmilling era.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26news.cision.com ↗
- annual reportchecked 2026-09-13sca.com ↗
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- otherchecked 2026-10-02openstreetmap.org ↗
- newschecked 2026-10-24st.nu ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-10-24sca.com ↗
Related facilities
Largest in Sweden
How to cite
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