Overview
Type
Limited Liability Company
Partihandel med virke och andra byggmaterial With some 900 employees at 17 production facilities, VIDA AB is Sweden's largest privately owned sawmill company. Production is primarily focused on structural timber for a large assortment of different markets. Around 85% of production is exported to Europe, USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. Sales of sawn wood products are via a sales company, VIDA Wood. Operations also include the manufacture of packaging, pellet manufacture, house manufacture and biofuel trading. The plants are strategically located near forest owners in the Småland and Västra Götaland regions of Sweden. Since 1999, the group has grown rapidly. Over the past seven years, turnover has quadrupled with maintained profitability. Via its own purchase company (VIDA Skog), VIDA buys most of its raw materials from private forest owners. A total of around 3 million m3 solid timber excluding bark is acquired annually. In recent years, to reduce costs in an increasingly competitive global market, the group has strongly specialised the operations of its various units. Over the same period, there has been heavy investment in logistics. The group's own train and own distribution warehouses in a host of countries are some of the results of this. Vida Energy - Vida AB - Vida Energy started in 2003 with the purpose “to recycle the by-products from the sawmills,” which includes chips, bark and wood shavings from timber . Vida Skog AB is located in Borgstena, Västra Götaland, Sweden and is part of the Wholesale Sector Industry. Vida Skog AB has 50 employees at this location and generates $332.94 million in sales (USD). There are 31 companies in the Vida Skog AB corporate family. Vida Skog AB is located in Borgstena, Västra Götaland, Sweden and is part of the Wholesale Sector Industry. Vida Skog AB has 50 employees at this location and generates $332.94 million in sales (USD). There are 31 companies in the Vida Skog AB corporate family.