Tag: Smurfit Kappa

Russian Timber Journal 01-2024: Interview with Russ Taylor, President of the international consulting company Russ Taylor Global; Sawmilling market in Russia in 2023: reducing production volumes for the second consecutive year; Suez Canal traffic down 60%; The volume of transported timber grew by 12.9% in 2023; VLP Group may purchase Metsä’s timber assets in Russia; Ufa Plywood Mill is listed for sale for 1 billion rubles; In 2023, timber transportation by the Russian Railways network reduced by 9.1%, down to 37.1 million t; As of January 1, 2024, the VAT rate for children’s furniture is reduced from 20% to 10%; Saint Petersburg R&D Institute levied 1.3 billion rubles from IKEA after it refused to build the Mega Shopping Mall

Russian Timber Journal 01-2024: Interview with Russ Taylor, President of the international consulting company Russ Taylor Global; Sawmilling market in Russia in 2023: reducing production volumes for the second consecutive year; Suez Canal traffic down 60%; The volume of transported...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...

Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region

Smurfit Kappa Group will upgrade its sites in Kommunar and Vsevolozhsk. The investments in the project will total over 1 billion rubles of own funds. It is scheduled to start the works in the summer of 2021. Thanks...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...

Smurfit Kappa invests in German paper mill sitev

Ireland-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa is set to spend around € 35 million on its Hoya paper mill and board manufacturing plant in northwest Germany. The company will replace the complete press section of the mill’s PM2 paper machine,...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...

Smurfit Kappa designed eco-pallets for the Russian market

The Russian division of the company has started the production of new eco-pallets from corrugated cardboard in compliance with the requirements of the quality standard; the products are completely biodegradable. Legs inside the pallet are made of cardboard...

Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: projected construction of a timber industry complex on the Sakhalin island, Russia, will have the capacity to process over 1.2 million m³ of raw material per year; a significant rise in prices for particleboards is being observed in Russia; interview with Yury Shishkunov, Head of LesoTorgovaya Companiya LLC; Russian sawn timber exports to Japan in 2020, results and outlook

Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: by the directive of the Sakhalin regional government, it is planned to construct one of the largest wood processing centers in all of Russia; Russian retail prices for particleboards began to rise; Yury Shishkunov: “If...

Smurfit Kappa St.-Petersburg JSC has received the award of the Quality Award-2018 for the high quality of products

The Quality Award is an award of the Smurfit Kappa Group, awarded to productions that have reached the PPM 500 level during the year. The PPM metric (Parts Per Million) indicates the number of defective samples in relation...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and imports for 4 years; Sawmill profit margins fell substantially in North America

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and...

In Q1 2019, Smurfit Kappa’s revenue increased by 7% to €2,316 billion

The company’s EBITDA increased by 25% to €424 million. The results were influenced by several parameters: high prices for corrugated products, increased demand, as well as cost optimization and modernization of the group’s production facilities. In comparison with...