Swedish wood industry group Derome has inaugurated a new sawing line at its spruce sawmill in Halland, investing SEK 600 million (€52 million) in a project aimed at increasing output and raw material efficiency. The new equipment, described by the company as among the most advanced in the world, is part of a broader modernisation of the Derome sawmill site, located north of Varberg. The upgrade has been ongoing since 2022 and includes improvements from log intake to raw sorting. “The purpose of the investment is to increase yield – that is, to raise the proportion of each log ...