Rebio

What Rebio does

Rebio AB is a Umeå-based biofuel and fiber raw materials intermediary that aggregates, processes, and distributes wood-based biomass across northern Sweden. The company is owned by sawmills in the region, operating as a cooperative-style intermediary between forest by-product producers and downstream buyers, and serves energy producers, pellet manufacturers, and the paper/pulp industry.

Its product portfolio spans sawmill fuels (sawdust, bark, dry chips, shavings, briquettes, pellets), forest fuels (stem wood chips and GROT chips), recovered wood, and fiber raw materials. Operations are characterized by large physical throughput — over 1 million cubic meters of wood fuel and fiber raw materials handled annually, and approximately 1,000 transports per month — coordinated through individually tailored delivery plans for suppliers and customers. The company holds FSC (June 2014) and PEFC (October 2014) chain-of-custody certifications, and in 2016 transitioned its transport fleet to HVO fossil-free fuel in partnership with Martinsons and Johanssons Åkeri.

Rebio's business model is B2B commodity intermediation: it sources sawmill by-products from its owner-suppliers, processes and consolidates them, and sells into energy, pellet, and pulp/paper markets across four northern Swedish counties and via exports to Finland and Norway. The lean ~5-employee organization and disclosed revenue of approximately 260 MSEK indicate a small but operationally intensive regional intermediary whose economics depend on logistics density and owner-supply alignment rather than technology differentiation.

Name

Rebio

Legal name

Rebio AB

Website

https://rebio.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Rebio AB is a Umeå-based biofuel intermediary owned by northern Swedish sawmills that aggregates, processes, and distributes sawmill fuels, forest fuels, and fiber raw materials to energy producers, pellet manufacturers, and the paper/pulp industry in Sweden, Finland, and Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Umeå

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Biofuel sales: REBIO generates revenue by selling biobränsle (biofuel) including sawmill fuels (sawdust, bark, dry chips, cutter chips, clean bark, briquettes, pellets), forest fuels (stump wood chips, GROT chips), and recycled wood to energy and heating plants and pellet manufacturing industries. The company also exports biofuel, notably to Finland.
2. Fiber raw material sales: REBIO sells fiberråvara (fiber raw materials) including cellulose chips to the paper and pulp industry. This includes materials from sawmills that don't meet quality standards for other uses.
3. Processed biofuel products: REBIO sells processed biobränsle products such as briquettes to customers beyond their core geographic area.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Rebio AB collects, processes, and delivers wood-based biofuels — including sawmill by-products (sawdust, bark, dry chips, shavings, briquettes, pellets), forest fuels (stem wood chips, GROT chips), and recovered wood (RT-flis) — to energy producers, heating and power plants, and pellet manufacturers across northern and central Sweden, with exports to Finland and Norway. The company also supplies fiber raw materials (cellulose chips) to the paper and pulp industry, coordinating roughly 1,000 raw material transports per month and offering FSC/PEFC certified traceable supply.

Product overview

REBIO AB is a complete biofuel company with extensive experience in biofuel extraction and use. The company operates a multi-product portfolio organized into three main categories: (1) Sawmill Fuel (Sågverksbränsle) - including sawdust, bark, dry wood chips, shavings, cleaned bark, briquettes, and pellets derived from sawmill byproducts; (2) Forest Fuel (Skogsbränsle) - including stem wood chips and forest residue chips (GROT) from forestry operations; and (3) Recovered Wood (Returträ) - recovered wood chips from recycled wood streams. Additionally, the company delivers fiber raw materials to the pulp and paper industry. These products work together as a comprehensive biofuel and raw material supply system, serving energy producers, heating and power plants, and pellet manufacturing industries throughout northern and central Sweden.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sawmill Fuel (Sågverksbränsle) A category of wood-based biofuels derived as by-products from the sawmill industry, sold to energy producers, heating and power plants, and pellet manufacturers. Includes sawdust (~50% moisture, ~2.3 MWh/ton), bark (~44% moisture, ~1.9 MWh/ton), dry wood chips (~85% moisture, ~4.5 MWh/ton), shavings/cutter chips (~85% moisture, ~4.5 MWh/ton), cleaned bark (40–50% moisture, ~1.9 MWh/ton), briquettes (6 or 8 cm pressed cylinders of shavings), and pellets (~5 MWh/ton). Ash content typically 0.4–0.7%. FSC and PEFC traceability certified.
• Forest Fuel (Skogsbränsle) Biofuels derived from forest harvesting operations, sold to energy and heating plants. Includes stem wood chips (stamvedsflis) from logs unsuitable for pulp or sawmill processes such as rotted wood (55–65% moisture, ~3 MWh/ton), and forest residue chips (grotflis) produced from branches and tops (GROT) gathered and dried before chipping (~55% moisture, ~2.5 MWh/ton, ash content 1–2%).
• Recovered Wood (Returträ) RT-flis (Recovered Wood Chips) made from recycled wood streams including packaging, pallets, demolition wood, and industrial wood waste crushed into chips. Approximately 75% moisture, ~3.5 MWh/ton calorific value, with higher ash content (1–10%) and potential heavy metal content. Sold to energy producers as a combustion fuel.
• Fiber Raw Material (Fiberråvara) Cellulose chips and other fiber raw materials sourced from sawmill byproducts and forest resources, delivered to the paper and pulp industry. Includes byproducts that do not meet quality standards for other uses. Sold as a raw material input for paper and pulp production.

Quantifiable outcome

• CO2 emissions from transports reduced by 90% through HVO fuel conversion
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MartinsonscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2016Martinsons is a co-owner of REBIO AB. REBIO handles by-products from Martinsons' sawmill operations and coordinates transport services. In 2016, Martinsons transitioned to fossil-free transport using HVO fuel, significantly reducing CO2 emissions from raw material and finished product transports.
• Johanssons Åkeri i Bygdeträsk ABcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohanssons Åkeri has been one of REBIO's largest and most important transport service providers for many years. In 2016, the company converted its entire fleet to run on HVO (biodiesel) instead of fossil diesel, reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 90% compared to fossil fuel.
• SkelleftebränslenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkelleftebränslen is mentioned as a supplier providing fuel data and coordinating transport services. They supplied data showing CO2 emission reductions from Martinsons' transports.
• IntertekminorOthersIntertek is one of the independent verification companies that annually audits REBIO's operations to ensure certified products are handled according to applicable FSC and PEFC standards.
• SCS (Scientific Certification Systems)minorOthersSCS is one of the independent verification companies that annually audits REBIO's operations to ensure certified products are handled according to applicable FSC and PEFC standards.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Adven: Adven is a Nordic energy solutions provider with significant biomass-based district heating assets across Sweden and Finland, making it a comparable end-buyer for wood-based fuels in the same geographic footprint.
• Kraftringen: Kraftringen is a Swedish energy company with biomass-based district heating operations in southern Sweden. It is a customer-side peer, sourcing wood fuels similar to those Rebio supplies, though operating in a different region.
• Mälarenergi: Mälarenergi is a Swedish municipal energy company using biomass for heat and power generation — a regional buyer of wood-based fuels comparable to Rebio's energy-producer customer segment.

Broad incumbents

• Stora Enso: Stora Enso is an integrated forest products major with significant biomass and bioenergy operations across the Nordics. While much larger and broader than Rebio, it competes for the same forest fuel customers and supply relationships.
• Vattenfall: Vattenfall is Sweden's largest energy company with substantial biomass-fired heat and power generation. While a much broader incumbent, it is a major potential end-customer and competitor in the Nordic biomass supply chain.
• Holmen: Holmen is a Swedish forest industry group with forestry, wood products and energy operations that generate and trade biomass by-products — an established participant in the same northern Swedish biomass market where Rebio operates.
• Billerud: Billerud is a Swedish forest products company producing packaging materials from pulp and operating in the same northern Swedish wood/raw-material supply ecosystem that supplies Rebio's fiber raw material business.

Direct peers

• Setra Group: Setra is a Swedish wood products company that generates significant sawmill by-products (sawdust, bark, chips) and sells biomass fuel alongside lumber — directly comparable to Rebio's supplier-side biomass activities.
• SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget): SCA is a major Swedish forest products company that, through its forest ownership and energy operations, produces and supplies forest-based biomass and bioenergy in northern Sweden — overlapping directly with Rebio's forest fuel and fiber raw material activities.
• Neova Oy: Neova (formerly Vapo) is a leading Finnish biomass and bioenergy supplier, providing solid recovered and forest-based fuels to energy producers — a closely comparable Nordic intermediary model to Rebio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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