Our pulp suppliers
UPM Pulp
As the world's leading multifibre pulp supplier, UPM Pulp creates value for its customers through a broad product portfolio and deep technical knowledge of both hardwood and softwood fibres. UPM Pulp operates five modern pulp mills, three in Finland and two in Uruguay, with an annual production capacity of 5.8 million tonnes of pulp. With approximately 1,800 employees globally, sales and technical service teams operate close to customers across Europe, North America, Latin America and the APAC region
UPM Euca is produced at UPM's two state-of-the-art mills in Uruguay, UPM Fray Bentos and UPM Paso de los Toros. UPM first established plantations in Uruguay in the 1990s and today harvests 30,000 hectares of eucalyptus plantations each year. Over decades, UPM has developed one of the world's leading genomic improvement programs for eucalyptus, continuously improving tree productivity and fibre quality. The result is a pulp that delivers consistent high quality and excellent runnability, guaranteeing trouble-free operations, cost-efficient performance and superior end-product quality. Its improved refinability properties result in lower energy consumption in the refining process and enhanced characteristics in the final product, making it well suited to the demands of modern tissue production.
UPM delivers what matters most: reliable, high-quality pulp and security of supply. With local sales, R&D and technical teams on hand, UPM supports customers in optimizing their fibre furnish, reducing total production costs and innovating for optimal end-product quality. UPM's global R&D network and research laboratories work continuously to develop new fibre solutions, and UPM experts collaborate closely with customers on trials and development projects to bring innovations from concept to production. Services include pulp benchmarking, refining optimization, total fibre furnish optimization, total cost optimization, advanced troubleshooting and customer-specific trials and studies.
All UPM-owned forests in Finland and plantations in Uruguay are certified, and all wood is traceable from forest to mill. We work together with customers to help them meet their sustainability targets. UPM is the only company in its sector in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices, and is in the top 1%, the highest possible Platinum level, for sustainability performance in the EcoVadis Sustainability Rating.
Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is best known to the paper industry as one of Europe’s largest suppliers of pulp for the global market. Its mills are among the most modern and efficient in the world, following the recent completion of a 600-million Euro investment to increase production capacity significantly in all three of its Swedish pulp mills.
The pulp division at Södra, Södra Cell, is part of an international forest industry Group with 3,500 employees, which includes one of the largest sawmill operations in Sweden. In addition to pulp, Södra produces sawn timber and interior wood products mainly for the building trade, and exports account for some 70 percent of sales.
The Södra Group is also the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of more than 50,000 forest owners - the forest estates of these members supply the raw material for the mills. Södra provides high-quality services for its members, from planting and forest management advice to final harvesting, and around 70% of members’ wood is now certified either to FSC, PEFC or both. In return, Södra is secure in the knowledge that its mills use wood from high-quality, well-managed forests which are there for the long term.
Nature conservation guides everything for the business. Sweden is a leader in sustainable forestry, and Södra plays a major role in this respect. For example, the three pulp mills produce paper pulp, dissolving pulp but also green energy, because thanks to Södra’s commitment to improve energy efficiency, it now produces more energy than it consumes. Södra’s mills supply five Swedish communities with green energy.
According to Södra's calculations, its owners’ estates have sequestered 6.5 million tonnes of CO₂ per year over the past five-years, and offset the CO₂ emissions of 1.3 million Swedes. Active forestry thus has major potential to reduce global warming. Other calculations show that if the world's forests had been managed like Swedish forests over the past 100 years, the improvement in the CO₂ balance would almost offset annual emissions in the atmosphere.
Innovation with a focus on sustainability is key for Södra, and its research has led to the development of biofuels and alternatives to fossil-fuel-derived products. Södra uses every part of the tree, and is continuously developing new products from this fantastic raw material. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the next generation of forestry and pulp production.