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Pulp & Paper

News on Russian pulp and paper industry.

JSC Volga slightly increased output in 2022

February 22, 2023 ` 22:33  
As the company’s press release states, the total output of the three paper machines of JSC Volga in 2022 totaled 309,000 tons, which is 5,500 tons more than in 2021. The figure includes over 70,000 tons of paper...

BCTMP by Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill is certified by the international ISEGA system

February 16, 2023 ` 18:12  
Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill procured a certificate of the international independent testing institute ISEGA for its bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP). The ISEGA certificate confirms that this BCTMP complies with the international safety standards and requirements for foods,...

Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant will create a new corrugated cardboard production site with a capacity of 200 million m² in the Moscow Region

February 13, 2023 ` 18:58  
Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant signed a land lease contract for one ruble per year within the import substitution support program effective in the Moscow Region. The investment in launching corrugated cardboard production will exceed 3.2 billion rubles. The...

Mondi Syktyvkar presented new brands of Projecta copy paper

February 13, 2023 ` 18:55  
The company started producing paper under the new brand in the fall of 2022, but now the product’s packaging has been upgraded to include the brand name. The first grade’s packaging features burgundy color and “Ultra” marking; the...

Yuriy Ayvazov, CEO at Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill: a record-setting volume of timber was delivered to the mill in 2022

February 13, 2023 ` 16:21  
Here are a few highlights from his interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta: In 2022, Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill received 200,000 m³ more raw material than planned. The company made a decision to increase the harvesting volumes due to several...

International Paper reaches agreement to sell ownership interest in Ilim joint venture

January 26, 2023 ` 11:38  
International Paper announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 50% interest in Ilim SA, the holding company for its Ilim joint venture (JV), to its JV partners for $484 million equity value. The sale...

CPM company completed the acquisition of Firma Vesta LLC

January 23, 2023 ` 13:51  
The enterprise will become part of Polotnyany Zavod Paper Manufacture, which will increase the output of corrugated cardboard, expand the range of products made from it and, in the future, become one of the leading domestic producers of...

Russian authorities did not approve the sale of Mondi Syktyvkar

December 28, 2022 ` 18:51  
RBC reports, relying on one of the bidders for the asset and a source in the government, that the Russian authorities have not approved the sale of Mondi Syktyvkar LPK – the main asset of Mondi, an Austrian...

Segezha Group considers sale of its packaging plants in Europe

December 28, 2022 ` 18:33  
Segezha Group is considering the selling its European assets or forming joint ventures with a minority stake. The Company has already received three offers from potential buyers, but decision has not yet been made, explains Mikhail Shamolin, President of...

Mayr-Melnhof Group divests production sites in Russia

December 19, 2022 ` 14:25  
The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has sold its two Packaging sites in Russia, St. Petersburg and Pskov, to the local investor Granelle following approval by the governmental authorities. The selling price amounts to approx €134 million. In 2021, the...