While, the Billerud mills carry out continuous maintenance of capacity during ongoing production, there is also a reoccurring need for a period of more extensive maintenance during a year. To provide for this extensive maintenance the mills shut down pulp production i.e. a maintenance stop. The time period for a maintenance stop is therefore defined as the number of day with zero pulp production.
Information on the planned maintenance stops are shown in the table below. Maintenance stops at Beetham have an insignificant effect on Billerud's overall earnings.
| Year |
Mill |
Period |
Quarter |
Days |
| 2010 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka |
|
2
3
3
|
10
10
8
|
| 2009 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka |
No major stop in 2009
|
3
3
|
10
8 |
| 2008 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
20-26 October
19-28 August
14-21 April
27 July - 9 August |
4
3
2
3 |
7
10
8
13 |
| 2007 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
16-24 April
21-27 August
7-14 May
16-27 July |
2
3
2
3 |
8
7
7
24 |
| 2006 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
no major stop
22-29 August
25 mars - 1 April
17-30 July |
-
3
1
3 |
0
8
5
14 |
| 2005 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
16-26 September
23-29 August
16-23 april
17-31 July |
3
3
2
3 |
8
7
7
14 |
| 2004 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
16-17 April
24-31 August
8-16 May
|
2
3
2 |
11
7
8
0 |
| 2003 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
20 August - 4 September
6-16 May
22-30 March
|
3
2
1 |
5
10
8
0 |
| 2002 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
19-26 October
27 August - 3 September
13-21 april |
4
3
1
|
7
7
8
0 |
| 2001 |
Gruvön
Karlsborg
Skärblacka
Beetham |
8-17 September
21-28 August
5-15 May |
3
3
2
|
9
7
10
0 |
| Mill |
Product area |
Pulp capacity |
| Gruvön |
Kraft paper, containerboard |
685 000 |
| Karlsborg |
Kraft paper |
290 000 |
| Skärblacka |
Kraft paper, containerboard |
400 000 |
| Beetham |
Kraft paper |
nm |