Ida Linstedt, författare på ForestX

Swedish-Indian collaboration in focus at ForestX India

ForestX India / 12 March 2025

In March 2025 ForestX India in Pune had the honor of welcoming the Consul General of Sweden, Sven Östberg and Senior Advisor Saloni Zaveri-Ahluwalia to our office in Pune.

The visit is a testament to the strong and growing partnership between Sweden and India in sustainability and digital innovation.

As part of the visit, we had a digital meeting with ForestX CEO and founder, Carl Barck, who shared insights about ForestX’s operations in Europe and our mission to drive digital transformation in forestry.

At ForestX, we work every day to combine Swedish forestry expertise with Indian technological excellence to create smart, sustainable solutions for the forestry industry.

We look forward to continued collaboration between our countries to drive innovation and sustainability in forestry.

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ForestX in NTT Woodnet

Exhibition / 4 March 2025

NTT Woodnet magazine highlights ForestX and our efforts to bring Optinex to Europe.

– Optinex is about providing companies with decision support for operational planning in a single platform solution, instead of a number of different Excel sheets. When we leave the companies, all their Excel sheets are replaced, says Carl Barck, CEO of ForestX.

In May, ForestX will participate in the large wood fair in Hannover, LIGNA.

– This will be our first visit to the fair and part of our focus on the German-speaking market, says Christer Lindqvist, Marketing Manager ForestX in the article.

Read the full article here (In Swedish).

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Mikael Zachrisson joins ForestX: “The focused perspective on forestry and IT is interesting”

Career, Gothenburg, Sweden / 31 January 2025

Gothenburg

Since the turn of the year, Mikael Zachrisson has been the new consulting manager at ForestX.
– The company has a clear vision. It’s not just talk; things actually happen, says Mikael Zachrisson.

As a newly graduated forester in the 1990s, Mikael Zachrisson immediately began working with the emerging technologies of the time, such as early digital maps. He has continued that path ever since, working at the intersection of forestry and IT. Over the years, he has been employed by companies such as VMData, Skogssällskapet – where he served as both timber manager and CEO – and TietoEvry.

Now, Mikael Zachrisson will lead ForestX’s business developers and project managers. His responsibilities include supporting and developing the team’s work, recruiting new employees, and contributing to ongoing projects.
– I really enjoy following a project from start to finish—being involved early to capture customer value and then seeing how our work benefits them and leads to an efficient process, says Mikael Zachrisson.

ForestX: Right for the times

He is also joining the management team, where he will collaborate with other executives on the business development of ForestX.

– ForestX is spot on for the industry right now. We work very close to operations, focusing on forestry, IT, and the processes I am passionate about and have worked with extensively.

– The company also has a clear vision. It’s not just talk; things actually happen. ForestX delivers tangible benefits to the forestry sector, and that’s what I want to contribute to. It’s both exciting and important.

Challenges and future issues

He sees that the forestry industry is currently facing major challenges, with raw material availability becoming an increasingly critical issue.
– The entire industry is competing for raw materials. Politics, the EU, and public opinion also play a big role and impose demands.

How the industry plans for and manages future challenges will be crucial:
– There will be greater demands for data collection and reporting. We need to have a more detailed understanding of what is in the forest already at the planning stage and how the industry can optimize resource utilization. There will also be increased requirements to document and report all of this.

He sees digitalization as a key enabler but emphasizes the need for a strategic approach and deep knowledge of forestry and industry-specific issues.

– What benefits do our efforts provide, and what is the quality of the underlying data? We also need to be able to assess the value of what we do.

Fact box:

Name:
Mikael Zachrisson

Title:
Consulting Manager (and Business Consultant)

Favorite tree:
Beech – such a beautiful tree from sapling to fully grown. An old oak is impressive, but honestly quite ugly when young.

Best nature experience:
Having a cup of coffee on some challenging mountain peak in Sarek, together with a like-minded adventurer.

Most-used apps:
Omni News, Instagram, Camera

Three bookmarks in my browser:
Unfortunately, nothing more exciting than a bunch of work-related bookmarks.

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This is work at ForestX: Mentorship, flexibility, and international connections

Career / 31 January 2025

Gothenburg
From zero to nearly 60 coworkers in six years. Here’s how ForestX ensures everything runs smoothly for both new and existing coworkers.

In a growing company, there’s always someone who is new to the job. Magnus Lundblad, a member of ForestX’s management team, is involved in many of the company’s recruitments.
– When you join us, you get a mentor — someone more senior who works in a similar field to what you will be doing. You don’t necessarily have to work on the same project, but there should be someone you can turn to for guidance, he explains.

On the technical side, new programmers are often paired with a senior architect as a mentor.
– Many who start as programmers might aim to become architects. In those cases, we try to find a good match.

– We believe that having strong support, a good mentor, and an engaged team leader makes it a fun and effective way to integrate into the company. You quickly get into the job, contribute, and become productive right away.

Once the initial period is over, the focus remains on professional development.
– My impression is that most of our employees feel they are in a good place with their current assignments. We continuously check in with our employees to understand how they want to develop. We are still a relatively small company — no one disappears here, says Magnus.

Other skills, beyond the obvious, can also be valuable in a job at ForestX.
– For example, if you speak German and want to use the language at work, there are plenty of opportunities with our projects in Germany and Austria.

International connections are a major part of ForestX.

– We have partners in Finland and Canada, as well as ForestX colleagues in India. Our projects in Europe often span multiple countries.

ForestX currently has offices in Gothenburg, Växjö, Falun, and Uppsala in Sweden. And the offices are meant to be used, says Magnus Lundblad:
– The office should be such a great place that people want to be there. But of course, we offer a high degree of flexibility — everyone takes full responsibility for their own tasks. Still, having colleagues nearby is important, especially when you’re new.

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Small life and big projects at ForestX

Career / 14 January 2025

Göteborg/Falun

New job and new parenthood, how does it work? Colleagues Björn Vestling and Britta Rosengren have been combining a new job, parental leave and working on the same project at ForestX.

In January 2024, Björn Vestling started his new job at ForestX headquarters in Gothenburg. Early in the recruitment process, he told his new employer that it was time to go on parental leave with his second child already the following summer.

Around the same time in Falun, Britta Rosengren was in the middle of parental leave with her first child. But instead of preparing to return to her previous employer, she started thinking about a question she had been asked about joining ForestX.

– I thought I had done what I could at my previous workplace. I wanted a new role and a new challenge, says Britta.

Forestry in Sweden is no bigger than that both Björn and Britta have previously worked with several of ForestX’s employees. They have both always known the company and had contact with several employees and old colleagues.

Britta joined ForestX two months before it was time for Björn to go on parental leave.

– We worked in parallel on the project. We had our own responsibilities, so I could finish what I had started, says Björn. Then everything gradually passed to Britta. So it was an easy transition.

Britta is also satisfied with the start at ForestX.

– It was very nice to work alongside Björn for so long. It was a completely new role for me, so I got a good platform in the project. Then I could take over, says Britta.

The role was also new in the way that Britta wanted.

– At ForestX, I get to use my forestry side much more than before. I have been challenged in that area, while I can contribute with my knowledge of, for example, implementation and structure from my previous assignments.

Joining ForestX also had other advantages for Britta.

– I’ve worked for larger companies before, and that is in a way safe. But I had to work a lot to try to influence and get through, even something small. At ForestX, I can express what I think to someone who actually has the mandate and opportunity to make a decision. I appreciate the flat organization.

When Britta started working, it was time for her husband to take parental leave.

– It was great. I was able to focus 100 percent on work and the new assignment, he had full control at home. I had six months to familiarize myself with the project and get comfortable in my role. Now I know everyone and feel safe. It’s nice now that our daughter has started preschool. There’s been some time off due to coughs and colds, and new routines need to settle in.

Björn’s parental leave is now over. He will be back at work in early 2025. But things didn’t quite work out as planned.

– I went on parental leave in July. In October, our five-year-old broke his leg and was plastered from groin to toes. He was in a wheelchair and couldn’t use his leg for several weeks. We could only stay at home. So it was a bit different from what we had planned. But since December he is fully recovered and it was full speed ahead again.

The CoSy project with Sydved will continue into 2025, so Björn will be back to work just in time to see the project finish.

– Now I’m looking forward to using my brain. At home with the kids the times for eating and sleeping control everything. Even though parental leave is very cozy, it will be nice to be able to talk to adults and eat in peace and quiet.

– It will also be fun to see how the project with Holmen develops. It’s so big and so much has to work out. Of course, it will also be fun to meet colleagues and move to the new office in Gothenburg.

Björn’s advice to parents in their careers:

Don’t be afraid to change jobs just because you have children. Priorities in life change, but you shouldn’t limit yourself too much.

Britta’s advice to career parents:

For me, changing jobs during parental leave was a good time. Other times, decisions like this have been more difficult for me, but now I had a new perspective. It would take energy to return to my old job, so why not use that energy to develop myself more now that I had the opportunity?

Fact boxes:

Name: Björn Vestling

Title: Business developer

Favorite tree: Difficult choice. But it has to be mountain birch (even if you hate it when they stand too close when you ski). It’s tough and can withstand most things it encounters. It also grows in beautiful places.

Best nature experience: When my partner proposed to me in a tent in Vistasdalen.

Most used app: Arc Search. Browser with very smart search functions and summaries.

Three bookmarks in my browser: SVT news, forum bygga hus, yr.no

Name: Britta Rosengren

Title: Business developer

Favorite tree: Ornäs birch! I have always felt a certain affinity with the birch, probably because of my surname as unmarried, Björklund.

Best nature experience: Top 1 is probably the Tiger Safari in India’s Kanha National Park. But a coffee at the viewpoint Ärtknubben, 3 miles from home, is not wrong either (Fun fact – “Björngrottan” in the new Ronja Rövardotter series is set there)

Most used app: Instagram, Pictures, Camera (I have an almost 2 year old daughter who, unfortunately, loves to look at pictures…)

Three bookmarks in my browser: Only use bookmarks for work and there are currently the tools: Loop, Azure DevOps, Lucid

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ForestX to LIGNA

Exhibition, ForestX Europe / 14 January 2025

ForestX will exhibit and participate at LIGNA in Hannover in May 2025.

LIGNA is the world’s leading trade fair for the woodworking and forestry industry, held every two years in Hannover, Germany. The event brings together global players in wood technology and innovation, including machinery, tools and solutions for the entire value chain – from forestry to furniture manufacturing. It will showcase the latest trends in automation, digitalization and sustainability in the industry.

ForestX will present its optimization and planning software Optinex and the partnership with SAP. Optinex is available through SAP Store as the only solution there for sawmills and wood planning.

LIGNA will be held between May 26-30, 2025. Read more about the fair here.

Representatives from ForestX will also be present at Ligna Preview.

Please contact Torben Hansen for questions in German or Emma Nordenstedt for questions in English.

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Optinex von ForestX ist nun verfügbar im SAP® Store

Optinex, Partners, SAP / 4 November 2024

Durch die Integration mit SAP S/4HANA bietet Optinex von ForestX Kunden aus der Holzwirtschaft effiziente Prozesse und Erkenntnisse in Echtzeit.

Göteborg, Schweden – 21.10.2024 – ForestX gab heute bekannt, dass Optinex nun im SAP^® Store verfügbar ist, dem Online-Marktplatz für SAP- und Partner-Lösungen. Optinex ist mit SAP S/4HANA integrierbar und dient als Planungs- und Optimierungstool für die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette vom Sägewerk über die weitere Veredelung bis zum Kunden.

„Mit dem Angebot von Optinex im SAP Store ermöglichen wir es Sägewerken und holzverarbeitenden Betrieben fortschrittliche Planung und Optimierung in ihre bestehenden SAP-Landschaften zu integrieren und ihre digitale Transformation voranzutreiben“, sagt Carl Barck, CEO von ForestX.

Optinex hilft Kunden Gewinne zu maximieren und die Nachfrage am Markt zu nutzen, auf Basis realer Daten aus dem Sägewerk. Eine Simulation des Sägebetriebes ermöglicht es dem Nutzer einzuschätzen, welche Rundholzklassen und Seitenwaren-Einstellungen bei der Erstellung neuer Schnittbilder herangezogen werden. Dies maximiert die Wertschöpfung anhand realer Daten zum Rundholz, den Maschinen und dem Preisgefüge des Sägewerkes.

Optinex unterstützt bei der Budgetplanung mit qualifizierten Daten aus Vertrieb und Produktion. Für die anstehende Planungsperiode werden Daten zur Rundholzversorgung und Maschinenkapazität herangezogen. Mithilfe der Optimierungsfunktionen können Szenarien umgehend analysiert werden, um das beste wirtschaftliche Ergebnis zu erzielen.

Mit Optinex erstellen Sie die optimale taktische, mittelfristige Planung unter Berücksichtigung von Nachfrage und Lagerbeständen. Wenn Sie diese zur Produktion frei geben, leitet sie die operative Produktion an und gibt den Rahmen vor für jeden einzelnen Produktionsauftrag.

Der SAP Store, zu finden unter store.sap.com,bietet eine übersichtlichte Möglichkeit um über 2.300 Software-Angebote von SAP und seinen Partnern zu finden, zu testen, zu erwerben und zu verwalten. Dort finden Nutzer IT-Lösungen, die von SAP erstellt oder validiert worden sind, und die Ihnen helfen Ihr Unternehmen weiterzuentwickeln. Und für jeden Kauf der über den SAP Store abgewickelt wird, pflanzt SAP einen Baum.

Um Unternehmen zu helfen, datengetrieben und intelligent zu arbeiten, erweitert SAP sein Angebot von vertikalen Lösungen um ein Ökosystem von Cloud Lösungen für die Industrie. Diese Lösungen ergänzen das bestehende SAP- Portfolio und setzen die gemeinsamen Investitionen von SAP-Kunden in Wert. ForestX arbeitet mit SAP zusammen, um Angebote zu schaffen, die spezifische Holzprodukte abdecken und deren Geschäftserfolg verbessern. Erfaren Sie mehr im SAP Store.

ForestX ist Partner im SAP PartnerEdge Programm. Das SAP PartnerEdge Programm bietet Werkzeuge und Unterstützung bei der Erstellung von hochqualitativen, disruptiven Anwendungen mit Fokus auf spezifische Branchen-Anforderungen – schnell und kosteneffizient.

ForestX

ForestX ist eine schwedische Firma die digitale Lösungen und Branchen-Expertise für die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft bietet, vom Wald bis zum Endprodukt. Zu den Kunden von ForestX zählen namhafte Unternehmen der Forstwirtschaft und Sägeindustrie aus Schweden, Dänemark und Mitteleuropa. Ein Drittel der Mitarbeiter von ForestX hat eine forstwirtschaftliche Ausbildung. Zusammen mit erfahrenen Softwarearchitekten und Entwicklern verfügt ForestX damit über umfangreiche Kenntnisse der Anforderungen der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft sowie digitaler Lösungen. ForestX verfügt zudem über ein Netzwerk von Partnern und Spezialisten, die unser Leistungsangebot abrunden und die Digitalisierung der Branche mit voran treiben.

Die Lösung Optinex wird von ForestX entwickelt und befindet sich in dessen Eigentum.

ForestX kooperiert mit weltweit führenden Software-Anbietern. Das Unternehmen hat gegenwärtig rund 60 Mitarbeiter in Göteborg, Dalarna, Uppsala, Växjö in Schweden und in Pune, Indien. ForestX beschäftigt weitere Mitarbeiter vor Ort für Kunden in Deutschland, Österreich und Italien.

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Für weitere Presse-Informationen, Englische:

CEO Carl Barck +46 702 272172

carl.barck@forestx.se

Für weitere Presse-Informationen, Deutsche:

Torben Hansen +49 173 622 7702
torben.hansen@forestx.se

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Optinex from ForestX Now Available on SAP® Store

SAP / 21 October 2024

By integrating with SAP S/4HANA, Optinex from ForestX delivers operational efficiency and real-time insights to sawmills and wood industry customers.

Gothenburg, Sweden —2024/10/21 — ForestX today announced that Optinex is now available on SAP^® Store, the online marketplace for SAP and partner offerings. Optinex integrates with SAP S/4HANA and delivers a planning and optimization tool for the entire value chain of the sawmill and wood industries to customers.

– By offering Optinex on SAP Store, we enable for sawmills and wood industries to integrate advanced planning and optimization into their existing SAP landscapes, accelerating their digital transformation journey”, says Carl Barck, CEO of ForestX.

Optinex will help customers maximize profit and meet market demand using real data from the sawmill. The saw simulator allows the user to evaluate which log classes and sideboard configurations should be used to create new cutting patterns that maximize value yield, based on real log, machine, and price data from the sawmill.

Optinex also supports a sales and operations approach to budget planning. A forecast of market demand, raw material sourcing, and machine capacity for the upcoming period is entered. Using optimization, new scenarios can be evaluated instantly to achieve the highest net profit.

Optinex will help the user balance demand and stock with optimized tactical plans for operational execution.

Once the tactical plan is decided, it can be released for operational execution. The planner will then have the current optimized plan as guidance when creating production orders to balance demand and stock.

SAP Store, found at store.sap.com, delivers a simplified and connected digital customer experience for finding, trying, buying and renewing more than 2,300 solutions from SAP and its partners. There, customers can find the SAP solutions and SAP-validated solutions they need to grow their business. And for each purchase made through SAP Store, SAP will plant a tree.

To enable companies to become intelligent enterprises, SAP is expanding its vertical solutions with an ecosystem of industry cloud solutions. These solutions complement the existing SAP portfolio to extend the value of joint customer investments. ForestX is working with SAP to create offerings that meet specific mill products so customers can achieve positive business outcomes. Learn more at SAP Store.

ForestX is a partner in the SAP PartnerEdge^® program. The SAP PartnerEdge program provides the enablement tools, benefits and support to facilitate building high-quality, disruptive applications focused on specific business needs – quickly and cost-effectively.

About ForestX

ForestX is a Swedish company offering digital solutions and business knowledge for the entire forest value chain, from forest to finished product. ForestX has well-known forestry and sawmill companies in Sweden, Denmark and Central Europe as customers. One third of ForestX’s employees have a forestry education. Together with experienced solution architects and developers, there is a great deal of knowledge about the needs of the forest industry and digital solutions. ForestX has a network of partners and specialists that complement the work of digitizing the forest industry.

ForestX owns and develops Optinex.

ForestX collaborates with world-leading product suppliers. The company currently has around sixty employees in Gothenburg, Dalarna, Uppsala, Växjö in Sweden and in Pune, India. ForestX also has employees on site for customers in Germany and Austria/Italy.

SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE in Germany and other countries. Please see https://www.sap.com/copyright for additional trademark information and notices. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

For more information, press only:

CEO Carl Barck +46 702 272172

carl.barck@forestx.se

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Johan Eriksson, COO, visits Pune

FX India / 7 May 2024

Johan Eriksson, COO at ForestX visited Pune, India in the spring of 2024. Together with colleagues at ForestX’s office in Pune, they developed ForestX’s collaboration between the teams in Sweden and India.

In addition to work, the team also visited the Bhuleshwar temple and looked at the beautiful carvings there.

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Behind the scenes: Meet the ForestX marketing team

Career / 22 April 2024

Gothenburg

ForestX is everywhere, as you may have noticed! Meet the team behind ForestX’s communication.

Ida Linstedt , Emma Nordenstedt and Christer Lindqvist are the team responsible for ForestX’s communication.

– As a relatively new and initially small company, it is important to be seen and noticed. We have invested in being transparent and showing who we are and what we do, says marketing director and co-founder Christer Lindqvist.

– I often get comments that I understand come from the person seeing something on LinkedIn. Someone might say; “Oh, you’re hiring” or ” You have so many things going on”. Then I know we’ve reached out.

Ida Linstedt makes sure that everything works with the web design, the technology, updates on the website and e-mails. In addition, she works with the UI design of ForestX’s own products with a focus on user-friendliness.

– I am both involved in the work with our products and then involved in the marketing work. It gives me a deeper understanding of what ForestX does and is.

Emma Nordenstedt has the role of market communicator and writes, among other things, texts and updates for ForestX . She has a background as a reporter and editor in the daily press.

– What I take with me from journalism and the newspaper world is that people like to read about other people. By telling about who works here, the reader also gets a good picture of the company, what we can do and what we can achieve with our knowledge.

Emma alternates the task at ForestX with other things, in a slightly scattered mix.

– I am also editor-in-chief of the Swedish Association for Premature Births newspaper and debate editor for a local morning newspaper. During one day, I can interview a parent of a premature child and then talk about the latest digital solutions for the forest with someone from ForestX . It’s a mix that keeps me alert!

ForestX often hires the Gothenburg-based photographer Carina Gran for photo assignments. Over the years, there have been more and more for her to kneel into the group photos.

– When I’m away on a mission, I often have people in front of the camera, that’s one of the best things I know! At ForestX, there can also be people from all over the world, the office then becomes like a familiar meeting place with several nationalities and the atmosphere is warm and lively. On one occasion it is an employee from India, on another it is someone from the office in Växjö and on the third occasion I get a former hockey professional from Canada in front of the camera when a collaboration partner is visiting. It’s really fun! says Carina.

Besides ForestX, Carina Gran’s clients include various real estate companies, NCC, the Gothenburg School of Economics and various newspapers.

In the slideshow below, you can see some of Carina’s photos from ForestX .

ForestX’s tips for reaching out!

Speak about the people.
Update the website often and let it be seen.
Photos! We want to see other people.
Dare to find your own tone in text and image.
Test different types of posts on LinkedIn and learn what works for your account or your company! Dare to experiment! For us, photos and extra documents work very well!
Involve more people in the company and be open and responsive to ideas from those who meet customers, partners and future employees on a daily basis.

More about ForestX marketing team

Ida Linstedt

Emma Nordenstedt

Christer Lindqvist

Ida Linstedt

Emma Nordenstedt

Christer Lindqvist

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