# Rottneros Lists 415,000-Tonne Annual Pulp Target for 2030

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-10-23T04:15:27.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:15:27.000Z
Section: Business

> Third-quarter production rose 9% year over year to 79,300 tonnes. Most of Vallvik Mill’s estimated SEK 70 million to SEK 80 million total income impact is expected in the fourth quarter.

Rottneros AB, a Swedish pulp producer, reported a target of producing 415,000 tonnes of pulp annually by 2030. Its rolling 12-month production through September 2026 was 335,000 tonnes, 1% above full-year 2025 output. The target corresponds to annual growth of 2.5%, and CEO Per Bjurbom described it as operationally realistic.

Production in the third quarter, from July through September, rose 9% year over year to 79,300 tonnes, up from 72,900 tonnes. EBITDA reached SEK 26 million, compared with a SEK 21 million loss in the same quarter of 2025. Variable costs fell SEK 51 million, mainly because of lower pulpwood prices. Bjurbom called the quarter’s EBITDA performance “clearly positive.”

Rottneros estimates the annual shutdown at Vallvik Mill will reduce income by SEK 70 million to SEK 80 million in total. The estimate includes direct maintenance costs and lost production, with most of the impact expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. The roughly two-week shutdown took place mainly in October, with about five days in September. Vallvik returned to full-scale production in mid-October.

Rottneros makes NBSK chemical pulp and CTMP mechanical pulp. The products are used in packaging, filters and electrotechnical applications.