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Rottneros Flags Sharp Q4 Loss as Weak Pulp Market Hits Earnings

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  • Rottneros expects a Q4 2025 EBITDA of SEK -180 million as weak pulp demand, lower prices, a weaker USD and negative inventory effects sharply undermine margins.
  • A cost-savings programme now largely in effect is cutting Rottneros’ annual cost base by about SEK 45 million, partially offsetting market headwinds despite maintenance-driven disruptions.
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Rottneros Flags Sharp Q4 Loss as Weak Pulp Market Hits Earnings

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Rottneros AB ( (SE:RROS) ) has issued an update.

Rottneros warns that its EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2025 will fall sharply to a preliminary SEK -180 million from SEK 10 million a year earlier, as weak global pulp markets, lower USD-denominated pulp prices, and a weaker dollar eroded prices and margins in Swedish kronor. Inventory valuation effects of roughly SEK 30 million and the planned annual maintenance shutdown at the Vallvik Mill further weighed on earnings, while lower wood raw material prices provided only limited relief. The company’s cost-savings programme, launched in spring 2025, is now having almost full effect and is expected to reduce the annual cost base by about SEK 45 million, exceeding earlier targets, offering some structural mitigation to the deteriorating market environment ahead of the year-end report due in February 2026.

More about Rottneros AB

Rottneros AB is an independent Swedish producer of market pulp, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, operating mills through Rottneros Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB, and also active in fiber-based packaging via Rottneros Packaging AB. The group includes raw material procurement and forestry operations in Latvia and Sweden, employs around 276 people, and generates annual sales of about SEK 2.7 billion.

Average Trading Volume: 334,840

Current Market Cap: SEK728.9M

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