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Värö Mill

Södra Cell Värö · also known as Södra Värö, Södra Cell Värö Pulp Mill

Värö Mill is an operating kraft pulp mill in Limabacka, Sweden, with a capacity of 780 000 tonnes per year.

Company
Södra
Group
Södra
WoodComp ID
00331 (how IDs work)
Country
Sweden
City
Limabacka
Status
Operating
Capacity
780 000 t/y pulp
verified 2026-09-20
Production
774 000 t pulp (2022, annual report)
99 % of capacity
Type
Kraft
Region
Västsverige
Website
sodra.com

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Raw material

PineSpruce

Products

Pulp grades
NBSK
Byproducts
District HeatingElectricityTall oilTurpentine

Certifications

FSCPEFC

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Related facilities

Värö Mill is the 2nd largest pulp mill in Sweden of the 26 with a pulp capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

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Largest pulp mills in Sweden
Östrand Mill ·Braviken Paper Mill ·Husum Mill ·Skoghall Mill ·Gruvön Mill
Nearest facilities
Derome sågverk (7 km) ·Derome Anneberg (36 km) ·Derome Maa (38 km) ·Bjernareds Sågverk (55 km) ·Derome Kinnared (60 km)

Timeline

  1. 2022expansionunsourced

    Phase 1 of Expansion Värö 2.0 completed; reached 780,000 t/y capacity

  2. 2022-03-31other

    On 31 March 2022 the mill set a world speed record for softwood pulp drying at 466 air dried tonnes per day and metre of width.

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  3. 2021expansion

    The Expansion Värö 2.0 debottlenecking project started up in October 2021, six months ahead of plan, raising capacity from 717,000 to 780,000 tonnes of softwood pulp per year through upgrades to brown stock washing, the fibre line and the drying line.

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  1. 2016expansion

    A major rebuild costing about four billion Swedish kronor came on stream in 2016 and lifted the mill from roughly 425,000 to 700,000 tonnes of softwood kraft pulp per year plus 1.6 TWh of energy.

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  2. 1972startup

    The pulp mill at Värö was built and taken into operation in 1972, sited close to the forests of western Sweden and to a port for shipping pulp to customers.

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Sources

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