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BSW Announces €40m Investment Plans for Slovenian Sawmill
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Earlston, England 22 May 2018 -- BSW Timber, the UK's leading integrated forestry and timber company, has announced its latest investment of €40m in Slovenia, constructing a new sawmill, CHP plant and pellet manufacturing facility which will see the creation of 170 new jobs.

Representatives from BSW, including CEO Tony Hackney, are in Slovenia today, Tuesday 22nd May to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for their ambitious development plans, together with their partners The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, The Forest Owners Association of Slovenia and Petrol Energetska Družba d.d. to launch the investment.

The investment will see the construction on three sites, including a modern sawmill in Gomilsko with state-of-the-art wood processing technology, the development of pellet production and wood biomass cogeneration at the Šoštanj site, and a final site in Letuš will focus on the production of value added products.

Tony Hackney, Chief Executive at BSW Timber, said: "After seeing the success of our Latvian sawmill we were keen to explore new opportunities within The EU. Slovenia has some of the best forests in The EU and a largely undeveloped processing sector. We are delighted to be working alongside the Slovenian government to increase the competitiveness of the country's timber supply chain, in line with their 'Wood is Beautiful' strategy.

"With the developing wood shortages in UK, Slovenia is a very attractive country for us to invest in. The Slovenian Government has been very receptive to BSW's plans to establish new long term round wood processing markets in Slovenia, which will be backed up by supply from a very supportive private sector while working with domestic sawmills."

The location of the new mill was decided following an extensive study completed by BSW and Tilhill Forestry, part of the BSW Group, and the Slovenian Forestry Institute. Alexander Brownlie, BSW's Commercial Director and Chairman of BSW SI, continued: "The site in Gomilsko is the ideal location for our new sawmill, providing us with access to high quality raw material, a good history of timber processing as well as the added advantage of the site's geographical location, very good road links and with the Port of Koper offering excellent export links."

The new sawmill will have the capacity to process an annual input in excess of 300,000m3 sawlogs, making it the largest mill in Slovenia. Its products will be available for the Slovenian market, however BSW plans to build on its successful Latvian marketing model and predominantly export to international markets, such as UK, Southern Europe, North Africa, North America and Asia. Co-products from the Gomilsko mill will be transferred to Šoštanj where the Company will invest in CHP capacity and pellet manufacturing.

Mr Hackney added: "From our experience, every direct job at BSW goes on to create an additional five across a range of relating industries, such as harvesting and logistics. This would mean that from our 170 new roles, up to 850 additional jobs could be created across Slovenia.

"We are really excited about the new development, and look forward to a successful future, building relationships with suppliers, stockists and the timber professionals in Slovenia over the coming years."

BSW is set to begin construction in September 2018, with the aim to start production in early 2020.

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