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Lids and intermediate layers

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Vida manufactures lids from plywood or wood for many purposes. Pallet collars are just one of the areas where our broad range of standard lids and customised special lids are used. The lids are available in several designs, with or without marking. Inventory and transportation protection made from board are ideal for flat and profiled […]

Vida Group - the numbers

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13 billion Turnover in SEK 88% Export approx. 1,600 Number of employees Vida’s sawmills 2.800 million m3 produced and sold, 90% of which is processed. Vida Packaging 2.3 million pallets 3.2 million pallet collars 200,000 cable drums Vida Energy 2,5 million m3 of by-products (loose measurement) for energy purposes 60,000 tonnes of pellets, 1.7 million […]

A company with a long ancestry

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The year is 1867 and Ingemar Svensson starts the first steam-powered sawmill in Vislanda. This is the foundation for the company becoming a global supplier of processed products from sustainable Swedish forests 150 years later. Göte Johansson, a farmer’s lad from Ryd in Moheda in the county of Småland, was the General Manager of the […]

Footer

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Vida is a global supplier of manufactured products from sustainable Swedish forests. The group employs 1,600 people in 24 production plants, including twelve sawmills. The operations are strategically located close to forest landowners in the counties of Småland, Skåne and Västra Götaland in Sweden. Production is mainly focused on structural timber for a variety of […]

Vida Forest

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Vida Forest is the Group’s purchasing company with some 50 local timber buyers. We acquire a total of 6,4 million cubed metres (solid under bark) of round timber every year. 5,3 million of this volume is for our sawn product range. Most of the raw materials are purchased from private forest landowners in southern Sweden. […]

Vida AB

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Vida is a global supplier of manufactured products from sustainable Swedish forests. The group employs 1,600 people in 24 production plants, including twelve sawmills. Production is mainly focused on structural timber for a number of global markets. Seventy-five percent of Vida’s sawn wood products are exported to Europe, USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. Sawn wood […]

Vida Building

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Vida Building is a reliable supplier of building components and complete pre-fabricated volume buildings made of wood. Our customers consist of building companies, contractors and architects, mainly from Sweden, Germany, England and Holland. As one of four companies in Sweden that are part of the framework agreement with the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and […]

All our films

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Watch our films about modern sustainable forestry and see different aspects of Vida Group’s wide-ranging operations.

Vida News

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Vida News is the forest landowner’s own magazine. It contains articles, reports and the latest news from Vida and the world of forestry. As a forest landowner and a partner of Vida you receive the magazine in your letterbox a few times a year. Don’t hesitate to contact the editorial team with tips on what you […]

Vida makes a difference

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We believe that a vibrant countryside that is an attractive place to live is important Vida is a large employer with around 1,600 employees in some 20 smaller towns. Every Vida employee indirectly generates employment for a further 3 – 4 people. We have a great social responsibility and work constantly to strengthen our local […]

Careers

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Swedish forests and the Swedish forest industry are fantastic assets for Sweden. They generate SEK 125 billion in export revenues, 60,000 direct jobs and a total of 200,000 indirect jobs. The Swedish forest industry is a sector for the future with endless possibilities. High-tech sector The Swedish forest industry has annual revenues of SEK 200 […]

Construction

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At Vida, we build buildings in the Småland way. Efficiently, and with care and attention to service and quality. We care about the details, timetables, communication and money. Factory construction has many advantages. Structural components and pre-fabricated volume buildings are built to completion indoors, which provides a cost-efficient, high-quality fast and sustainable building process. Sustainability […]

Group

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Contact list

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Below you will find contact information for employees in Vida’s business units. Contact us with any questions about our products and services or with questions about the company. For all other inquiries, please call the head office and we will assist you. If you are a forest landowner and want to find your local timber […]

Canfor acquires parts of Vida AB

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– We have had a relation with Canfor for several years and it is a company characterized by high quality, both with respect to its products but also with respect to how they run their company. We are proud to receive Canfor as co-owner and of that Vida thereby can grow and enforce its position […]

Vida acquires Berg’s Swedish sawmill

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“We are very enthusiastic and excited to have the opportunity to acquire Berg’s sawmills as they will be a nice complement to our nine existing sawmills. Bergs has run the sawmills in a good way and we feel that there is a fine culture in them that we want to preserve. Vida’s vision is ‘to […]

Policies and guidelines

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At Vida, we want to make a difference. That is why we take responsibility for the environment, the people and the places where we are. Our decisions and actions are based on important guidelines and policy documents, read more about them here below. Please contact us if you have questions about our sustainability work and […]

Wooden pallets can be reused and are a smart climate choice

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The diagram below created by IVL, the Swedish Environmental Research Institute, demonstrates the climate impact of using a wooden pallet versus a plastic pallet. After 35 rounds of usage, a wooden pallet has less of a climate impact than a plastic pallet, and the more times the pallet is used, the greater the gain for […]

Vida Packaging ramping up due to high demand

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This has been a long period of great market demand for wood products in conjunction with a historic shortage of raw materials. We are seeing increased electricity consumption in society, with fossil-fuels and other fuel sources being phased out and replaced by electricity. Alongside this electrification, the data centres required for digitalisation are consuming more […]

Sustainability aspects when you buy wood packaging from Vida

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With Vida as your packaging and logistics solution partner you get the optimal combination of functionality, cost and environmental consideration, with many environmental advantages. Short transportation via the 12 sawmills located close to the forests that provide the renewable raw materials used. 100% of the timber used in our packaging products comes from southern Sweden. […]

Report from Vida’s markets

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Text: Karl-Johan Löwander, CEO Vida Wood Russia alone exports approx. 30 million m3 of wood products per year, some 5 million m3 of which goes directly to Europe. Belarus and Ukraine combined also export approx. 5 million m3 to Europe. This means that a total of 10 million m3 of wood products has disappeared from […]

Vida Wood Australia

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Vida Wood Australia’s head office is in Brisbane, Queensland where we operate in a 12,000m2 warehouse that combines all sales and logistics. It is from this point in Australia that we coordinate every single one of our sales and logistics transactions across the entire Australian Eastern seaboard. Vida Wood Australia also has a third-party logistics […]

Vida Wood Denmark

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Vida is a global supplier of manufactured products from sustainable Swedish forests. Production is mainly focused on structural timber for a number of global markets. 80 percent of our sawn wood products are exported to Europe, USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. Sawn wood products are managed through our sales company, Vida Wood, which have sales […]

Sweden’s largest sawmill group continues to grow

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Vida is the largest sawmill group in Sweden and has high ambitions for the future. The company is now about to complete a couple of major strategic investments that will lead to substantially larger production volumes. “Vida’s ambition has always been to grow, it’s part of our DNA. In the last few years, the economic […]

Vida invests in solar power

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Vida has recently signed an agreement with the power company Bixia and the solar power company Svea Solar which has led to the creation of a major new solar farm in Blekinge. The solar farm, estimated to go into operation in spring 2023, will be the largest in the country so far and will contribute […]

New timber measuring system at Vida

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There are twelve sawmills in the Vida Group, all of which are technologically advanced with modern equipment. The sawing process starts with the 3-dimensional measuring of every log. Based on this, computers calculate how the log should be sawn to achieve the highest timber value from the log. Vida has decided to invest in a […]

Vida Wood UK

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Vida is a global supplier of quality manufactured timber products from sustainable Swedish forests. Production is focused on structural timber for a range of global markets. Eighty percent of our construction timber is exported to Europe, USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. These products are managed through our sales company, Vida Wood, which has sales offices […]

Santhe Dahl elected to international Board

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Vida is Sweden’s largest sawmill group with, amongst other activities, 12 sawmills in Götaland, southern Sweden. Vida’s former CEO and present Chairman of the Board had now been elected as a member of Canfor’s Board.  Santhe Dahl was elected as one of twelve members of the Board during Canfors’ last General Meeting of Shareholders. He […]

Vida is growing and expanding its workforce

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Vida is Sweden’s largest sawmill group with 12 sawmills in Götaland, southern Sweden. The second largest of these sawmills is located in Borgstena in Borås municipality. Vida has great ambitions for the future and has therefore invested SEK 140 million in Borgstena over the last few years. “Vida’s ambition has always been to grow, it’s […]

Måns Johansson appointed president of Canfor Europe

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Måns has been Vida’s CEO since 2019 and before that sales manager for the group. Now he will assume the role of President of Canfor Europe while remaining as CEO of Vida. – We want to continue to look for opportunities to grow and increase our involvement in Europe. Due to this, we have gathered […]

Vida acquires Ingarp Träskydd

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Vida is Sweden’s largest sawmill group with 12 sawmills in Götaland in the south of Sweden. The group’s vision is “To grow” which Vida is now doing through the addition of another plant. Vida is acquiring Ingarp Träskydd and the transaction is expected to complete on 3 October. This strategic acquisition demonstrates a continued focus […]

Vida inaugurates major solar park in southern Sweden

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The solar park, which is called Hörby, will generate around 19 million kWh, which is the equivalent of the electricity consumption of around 3,800 houses. As a result, southern Sweden where there is a great need for energy and a large electricity production deficit, will get a well-needed boost of renewable, locally produced electricity. Electricity […]

Vida makes a historic major investment

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Vida AB announced today that it will invest approximately 700 million SEK at its Bruza Sawmill in Hjältevad, expanding production from 300 000m3 yearly to 420 000m3 yearly. This major investment includes a new high-capacity planing mill equipped with the latest technology, a new boiler, wood drying kilns and warehouse. “I’m very happy that we’ve […]