Holmen looks stuck in a tough patch, with too much supply in key paper and board markets and weak demand that could keep prices and factory use under pressure. At the same time, low power prices and expensive timber may drag on results, but the company’s steady profits and shareholder payouts could still challenge the most bearish view.Read more
Holmen’s profits may get a lift if wood input costs cool down and its large forest holdings keep paying off as high-quality timber stays hard to source. The story hinges on whether the company can hold up pricing in board and paper while energy markets and export demand stop dragging on its weaker divisions.Read more
Holmen sits at the crossroads of greener packaging and renewable materials, but today’s softer demand and higher wood costs are squeezing results. The key question is whether efficiency gains, better access to its own forests, and supportive European rules can lift profits again before weak markets, overcapacity, and low energy prices do lasting damage.Read more
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Holmen AB (publ) engages in the forest, paperboard, paper, wood products, and renewable energy businesses in Sweden and internationally. The company operates through Forest, Renewable Energy, Wood Products, and Board and Paper segments. Its Forest segment offers logs, pulpwood, and biofuel to sawmills, pulp mills, and board and paper mills. The Renewable energy segment provides renewable energy from hydro and wind power to the Nordic electricity market. Its Wood Products segment provides construction and joinery timber; CLT and glulam; and plus wood for pallets and packaging to construction, joinery, and packaging industries, as well as builders’ merchants. The Board and Paper segment offers paperboards for consumer packaging and paper products for books, magazines, advertising, and transport packaging to brand owners, converters, wholesalers, publishers, printers, and retailers. The company was founded in 1609 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
