SWEDEN (News release) -- Holmen Wood Products AB commissioned Brinkab, part of Veidekke Entreprenad AB, and Veidekke's newly started construction business in Gävle to build a new planer at Iggesund Sawmill near Hudiksvall, Sweden. The order, worth around SEK 90 million, is scheduled to be completed in early 2024, said Veidekke in a statement.

The project includes the new construction of a 4,000 m2 planing house adjacent to a sawmill. When the new planer and sorter is installed, it is anticipated that sawmill capacity could increase to just over 450,000 m3 per year from today's 380,000 m3. Full capacity is expected to be reached by the end of 2024.