Westan

What Westan does

Westan Logistik AB is a privately held Swedish forestry logistics company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Östersund. The company provides transport planning, transport leadership, and competence development for roundwood (timber) transportation, serving forestry industry customers across Sweden from northern Lapland to Mälardalen and into Norway. Westan manages over 200 trucks under its emblem and coordinates the movement of approximately 8 million m3f of roundwood annually from forest to industry, rail terminals and ports. Its owned trucking subsidiary Hälsingegruppen AB operates a workshop and fleet in Delsbo (Hälsingland), and in September 2025 Westan added RPV Transport AB as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Revenue is generated through B2B service contracts with forestry companies, with the largest disclosed customer being Sveaskog under a three-year contract covering 1.4 million m3/year in southern Dalarna, Västmanland, Uppland and parts of Gävleborg, plus an additional 100,000 m3/year in northern Norrbotten.

The business operates an asset-light model centered on a transport leadership team distributed across 12+ regional offices, supported by a carrier network of branded trucks and complemented by owned haulage via Hälsingegruppen and RPV Transport. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 39001, and Fair Transport certifications, which serve as procurement prerequisites in large enterprise forestry tenders. Reported revenue is approximately 900 million SEK following the April 2022 acquisition of parts of LOTS Group, up from approximately 700 million SEK prior. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based, with marketing through westan.nu and a Facebook page.

The technology footprint consists of modern IT tools for transport planning and management, giving transport leaders a shared real-time operational picture for redundancy and reliability, alongside specialized logging industry software. There is no public disclosure of proprietary algorithms, AI/ML systems, or API platform; differentiation rests on human transport leadership expertise, geographic coverage, certifications, and acquired carrier capacity rather than software IP. An educational partnership with SLU Skogsmästarskolan includes thesis work on road-network effects on roundwood transport, suggesting nascent applied research but not commercialized technology.

Name

Westan

Legal name

Westan Logistik AB

Website

https://westan.nu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Westan Logistik AB is a Swedish B2B forestry logistics provider offering transport planning, transport leadership, and roundwood transport for forestry industry customers, managing 200+ trucks and 8M m3f of roundwood annually across Sweden and Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Logistics Services

NAICS

Forestry and Logging (113), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Timberland Operations Planning & Contractor Management (AFAMAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Roundwood Logging (Sawlogs & Veneer Logs) (AFAMABAA), Forest Products Terminals (Timber, Pulp, Paper) (TLAHADAD)

Keywords

• Forestry logistics services
• Timber transport planning
• Roundwood haulage
• Carrier network management
• Wood supply chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Timber Transport Services: Westan provides comprehensive forestry logistics services including transport planning, transport leadership, and professional development for timber transport operations. Revenue is generated through service contracts with forestry companies for roundwood transportation from forest to industry, rail terminals, and ports. The company manages over 200 trucks permanently operating and handles approximately 8 million m3f of roundwood annually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Westan Logistik provides B2B forestry logistics services: transport planning, transport leadership, and competence development for roundwood (timber) transportation from forests to industries, rail terminals, and ports across Sweden and into Norway. The company operates its own transport leadership offices distributed throughout Sweden and coordinates a network of over 200 trucks bearing the Westan emblem, handling approximately 8 million m3f of roundwood per year for forestry companies such as Sveaskog and Jutos Timber Nord.

Product overview

Westan Logistik operates as a unified logistics service provider offering transport planning, transport leadership, and competence development for roundwood (rundvirke) transportation across Sweden from northern Lapland to Mälaren and into Norway. The core offering consists of Westan Logistik's main service, supplemented by two owned operations: Hälsingegruppen (the company's own trucking company in Hälsingland/Härjedalen) and RPV Transport (a wholly-owned subsidiary). The company manages over 200 trucks and 8 million cubic meters of roundwood annually, serving forest industry customers with comprehensive logistics solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Westan Logistik (roundwood transport logistics) Core B2B forestry logistics service delivering transport planning, transport leadership and competence development for roundwood (timber) transportation across Sweden and into Norway, coordinating 200+ trucks and approximately 8 million m3f of roundwood annually.
• Hälsingegruppen (owned trucking operations) Westan's owned trucking company operating in Hälsingland and Härjedalen, providing in-house timber transport capacity with its own workshop, drivers, trucks and a separate-load vehicle.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• RPV Transport ABmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Westan acquired RPV Transport AB, which becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary in Westan's group. RPV Transport had operated as a logistics supplier in roundwood transport for 15 years. The acquisition provides synergy benefits between RPV and Westan's operations, particularly giving carriers access to larger volumes of timber to transport.
• LOTS GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022Westan acquired parts of LOTS Group's business through an asset transfer agreement. LOTS had conducted forestry transports in Sweden since 2016. The acquisition includes LOTS operations in Gästrikland, Hälsingland, Dalsland, Bohuslän and Värmland. This acquisition increased Westan's revenue from approximately 700 million to nearly 900 million SEK.
• SveaskogcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor logistics collaboration with Sveaskog covering timber transport in southern Dalarna, Västmanland, Uppland and parts of Gävleborg county - 1.4 million cubic meters per year over three years starting April 2021. Additional contract for northern Norrbotten - over 100,000 m3/year.
• SLU Skogsmästarskolan (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership where transport leaders from Westan lecture students at Skogsmästarskolan about transport leadership of roundwood. Students also conduct thesis work with Westan, exploring topics such as BK4 road network effects on climate impact of roundwood transports.
• Jutos Timber NordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestan handles transport of timber harvested by Jutos Timber Nord in Tornedalen, strengthening Westan's fleet operations in Norrbotten region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mellanskog: Swedish forest owners' association that coordinates timber supply, logistics, and transport services for members in central Sweden. Comparable to Westan as a forestry logistics organizer with a strong regional footprint and similar end customer base.
• Norrskog: Swedish forestry cooperative serving northern Sweden with timber procurement, logistics, and transport services. Direct overlap with Westan in the northern geography and in coordinating roundwood flows from forest to industry.
• LOTS Group: Sweden-based forestry logistics operator that has historically competed head-to-head with Westan in roundwood transportation. Westan acquired parts of LOTS in 2022, making it the closest direct comparable in geography, customer base, and service offering.
• Biometria: Swedish forestry-industry-wide service company providing timber measurement, logistics data, and process support to forest owners and hauliers. Overlaps with Westan as a forestry logistics coordinator and is a partner/competitor for transport-related services in Sweden.
• Sydved: Swedish forestry industry company that supplies timber and provides logistics services to forest owners and sawmills in southern Sweden. Comparable to Westan as a vertically integrated forestry logistics player serving similar customers.

Broad incumbents

• Stora Enso: Global forest products company with significant Swedish timber sourcing and large-scale internal logistics. Relevant peer given overlapping customer/supplier relationships in roundwood transport and similar exposure to Nordic forestry demand cycles.
• Holmen Skog: Forestry operations of Holmen, a major Swedish forest owner with in-house timber harvesting and logistics. Comparable to Westan in managing roundwood flows to its own industries, but operating as part of a larger industrial group rather than as a third-party logistics specialist.
• SCA Skog: Forestry division of SCA, one of Europe's largest private forest owners, with its own large-scale timber harvesting and logistics operations in northern Sweden. Comparable to Westan in operating roundwood transport but at much broader scale and as part of a forest owner rather than a pure logistics provider.
• Billerud: Swedish-Finnish forest products company producing packaging and pulp, with major timber procurement operations in Sweden. Comparable to Westan in requiring large-scale roundwood logistics and in driving demand for forestry transport services in northern Sweden.

Others

• DSV: Global transport and logistics company with a Nordic road and forest products division. Relevant as a much larger logistics player that occasionally competes with Westan for industrial transport contracts and is an aspirational scale benchmark for asset-light B2B logistics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/WestanLogistik
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/westan-logistik

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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