# SCA invests SEK 7.8B in Östrand pulp mill expansion

SCA is rebuilding its Östrand pulp mill in Sweden for SEK 7.8 billion, doubling production capacity to become the world's largest production line for bleached softwood kraft pulp, with startup targeted for June 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-22
- Where: Östrand, Västerås, Sweden
- Value: $900.0M (7.80B SEK)
- Starts operating: Jun 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: doubled
- Products: bleached softwood kraft pulp

## Companies

- [SCA](https://endata.com/companies/324.md)
- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/sv/detail/9106/den-digitala-fabriken), 2017-06-22: "Det är bakgrunden till en av de största investeringarna i svensk industrihistoria."

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