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Mondi Syktyvkar is planning to invest €300 million in production over the next 3.5 years

November 2, 2021 ` 19:20  
This is reported by TASS news agency referencing the company’s CEO Klaus Peller. The upgrading will increase the finished product output by 46% compared to the 2008 performance, while the tax payments will grow by eight times over...

Kama Karton LLC completed investment project implementation in the Perm Region

November 2, 2021 ` 19:10  
Kama Karton LLC (part of KAMA Group) completed construction of a plant in Krasnokamsk that will produce bleached chemical and thermomechanical pulp from hardwood timber. The investments in the project reached 3.39 billion rubles; the product output volume...

US lumber prices continue to rise, ignoring seasonal declines

November 2, 2021 ` 19:00  
As far as the seasonal cycle of lumber sales — thus prices — goes, normally, after the Labour Day long weekend, demand starts to drop and by U.S. Thanksgiving, demand reaches the annual low. This didn’t happen last...

Segezha Group to install cutting-edge wastewater treatment facilities at Sokol Pulp and Paper Mill

November 1, 2021 ` 19:45  
Segezha Group is planning to construct its own treatment facilities at Sokol Pulp and Paper Mill in the Vologda Region. Investments in the project which includes the construction works are estimated at around RUB 2 billion. The biological...

ULK Group upgraded its green sawn timber sorting line at Pestovsky LPK

October 29, 2021 ` 22:38  
The plant located in the Novgorod Region completed installation and setup of the cross-section measuring instrument at the raw sorting area of the sawmilling shop. The new equipment is supposed to improve the accuracy of sawn timber sorting...

Oktyabrsky LZK is going to invest over 1 billion rubles to build a sawmill in the Irkutsk Region

October 29, 2021 ` 22:33  
The project includes building a new sawmill and additional drying kilns, an electrical substation, approach roads and a wood pellet plant with the capacity of 40,000 t of wood pellets a year. The mill commissioning is scheduled for...

Ustyansky LPK (ULK Group) started upgrading its forest selection and seed center

October 29, 2021 ` 22:23  
The forest area was registered and the forest nursery’s footprint was expanded. They are simultaneously signing contracts for production and delivery of six new greenhouses and construction of 17 hardening sites.

In January-September 2021, Sveza increased plywood production by 8%

October 29, 2021 ` 22:11  
Sveza Group summarized the results of the first nine months of 2021. The market grew steadily recovering from the pandemic blows of 2020 allowing Sveza to enjoy increased demand domestically and abroad. From January through September 2021, Sveza...

Segezha Group introduces CLT to the European market

October 29, 2021 ` 17:03  
The Sokol CLT plant located in Vologda Oblast is the first Russian enterprise to pass the European Technical Assessment (ETA) on product performance. The ETA of the plant has been conducted by the Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering...

In January-September 2021, wood pulp production slightly increased in Russia

October 28, 2021 ` 20:47  
According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-September 2021, the output of Russian wood pulp increased by 0.5% YoY to 6.5 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period by...

Russia increased sawn timber production in January-September 2021

October 28, 2021 ` 20:02  
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-September 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.5% YoY to 23 million m³.

Russia increased wood-based panels production in January-September 2021

October 28, 2021 ` 19:49  
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-September 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 9% YoY to 3.4 mln m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 16.1% YoY to 546...