Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB

XMUN:SCA

Business Description

Sector

Materials

Industry

Paper & Forest

Headquarters

Sweden SE

Employees

3 373

IPO date

Jan 1, 1950

Svenska Cellulosa SCA is a Swedish forest products company that owns and manages large forest holdings and turns wood fiber into everyday materials. It grows and harvests timber, then uses that raw material to make products such as packaging paper, pulp, wood products, and hygiene materials. The company sits at the start of the supply chain, turning trees into industrial inputs that other businesses use to make paper goods, packaging, and personal care products.

SCA sells to a mix of industrial customers, including paper and packaging makers, manufacturers, and distributors that need reliable fiber-based materials. It also sells forest assets and timber-related products, which gives it more than one way to earn money from the same resource base. Revenue comes mainly from selling wood, pulp, paper, and related products, with the forest ownership itself acting as a long-term source of supply and value.

What makes SCA different is that it combines a large forest resource with manufacturing, rather than relying only on buying wood from others. That gives it tight control over raw materials, helps it serve customers that want traceable wood fiber, and ties its business closely to the long-term economics of forestry and packaging materials.