Holmen’s operations consist of three productoriented and two raw-material-oriented business areas, which are to be developed through organic growth.
Holmen’s manufacturing operations in the product-oriented areas are based on renewable raw materials from sustainably managed forests.
Holmen Paper
The Holmen Paper business area manufactures printing paper for daily newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories/manuals, advertising print and books. The paper is manufactured at two mills in Sweden and one in Spain.
Iggesund Paperboard
Iggesund Paperboard produces board for consumer packaging and graphics printing at one mill in Sweden and one in the UK.
Holmen Timber
Holmen Timber produces sawn timber at two Swedish sawmills.
Holmen Skog
Holmen Skog is responsible for managing and developing the Group’s land holdings, which comprise around 1.3 million hectares – of which 1 million are used for forestry. The volume of wood harvested in company forests 2011 was around three million cubic metres.
Holmen Energi
Holmen Energi is in charge of the Group’s hydro power production and of developing energy-related operations. During a normal year, hydro power production amounts to around 1 100 GWh.
Holmen’s forest and energy assets are highly valuable to the company, helping to give it a stable foundation. In addition to generating even and high earnings, they create advantages in supplying raw materials to the product-oriented business areas. Forest raw materials and the energy area also have immense development potential. The Group
is about 60 per cent self-suffcient in wood, and self-suffciency in electricity is around 30 per cent. A signifcant proportion of the thermal energy required is covered by bioenergy produced at the company’s own facilities.
The Group has five production plants in Sweden and one each in the UK and Spain. The forests and hydro power facilities are located in Sweden. Around 90 per cent of sales take place in Europe via Holmen’s own sales companies.
Holmen’s two classes of shares are listed in the Large Cap segment on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange.