image: SCCE welcomes Holmen Mets as a new member

SCCE welcomes Holmen Mets as a new member AS Holmen Mets’ principal activity in Estonia is the purchase of standing timber and pulpwood. The company is a subsidiary of the Swedish forest industry group Holmen and Holmen Mets started its Estonian operations in 1994.

Holmen Mets has timber terminals in Kunda and Pärnu and the company also purchases timber in Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.

Since 2006, Holmen Mets is FSC-certified. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council, an organization that works to promote the practice of sustainable forestry by setting standards for forest products to have been sourced in an environmentally-friendly, socially responsible and economically viable manner. FSC was founded in 1993 in response to concerns about deforestation.

Holmen Mets’ mother company Holmen has a history that goes back more than 400 years. Today this Swedish forest industry group manufactures printing paper, paperboard and sawn timber and runs forestry and energy production operations. Holmen’s two classes of shares are listed in the Large Cap segment on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange.

Contact

Holmen Mets AS

Sadama tee 6

44106 Kunda

Estonia

Tel: (+372) 665 2440

Fax: (+372) 665 2441

E-mail: holmenmets@holmen.ee

www.holmen.ee

Lars Nilsson
E-mail: lasse.nilsson@holmenskog.com

Tel: (+372) 588 494 26

-------------------------