Tag: Vyatsky plywood mill

Segezha Group launched a new woodworking center

Segezha Group continues to implement an investment project on increasing the capacity of Vyatsky Plywood Mill in Kirov, as reported by the company’s official Telegram channel. A new automatic woodworking center by Homag with numeric control for additional...

Russian Timber Journal 10-2022: Top 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2021; sawn timber transit through Kazakhstan is banned for Russian exporters; Government of the Russian Federation is planning to set the priorities of sawn timber transportation eastwards by railway; Russia increased its plywood production for the first time in a long while; timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022; Pestovsky LPK suspends production

Russian Timber Journal 10-2022: WhatWood Analytics Agency prepared the next rating of TOP 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2021; Russian timber enterprises are asking the authorities to lift the restrictions on transiting dried sawn timber through Kazakhstan...

Federal Forestry Agency approved of the allocation of forest areas for Vyatsky Plywood Mill and Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill

In Q2 2022, Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) approved of two applications for the implementation of priority investment projects in the forest sector. The Agency reviews and approves applications that concern providing investment projects with timber supply areas and...

Segezha Group’s fuel briquettes receive FSC certification

Starting from October this year, the RUF fuel briquettes from Vyatsky Plywood Mill (part of Segezha Group) will bear the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label. The production capacity is 15,000 tons/year. The mill was audited by the Russian...

Segezha Group increases plywood production capacity

Segezha Group, as part of its plywood production development strategy, is investing in the Vyatsky Plywood Mill capacity expansion project. The company has upgraded existing equipment, and new units have been selected for installation. The design is almost...

Segezha Group to increase the capacity of Vyatsky Plywood Mill by a third

As the Kommersant newspaper reports, Segezha Group is going to invest 6 billion rubles to increase the production capacity of its plant in Kirov to 255,000 m³ of plywood per year. The production site is scheduled to be...

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...

Vyatsky Plywood Mill is upgrading production

Segezha Group updated a part of Homag sawing machine at Vyatsky Plywood Mill in Kirov. The total project value was about 2 million rubles. The equipment was delivered and installed by Homag Russland. Upgrading this equipment will make...

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: European Union is going to conduct an anti-dumping investigation in relation to birch plywood import from Russia, EU may impose duties; interview with Ilya Korotkov, Director General at Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill; Russia is consistently growing the export of larch sawn timber

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: the European Commission reported the start of the investigation that will determine whether Russian birch plywood import is subject to dumping and whether the European Union industry was harmed; WhatWood Agency had a conversation...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2020: interview with Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Enviva Partners; plywood export from Russia demonstrates confident growth; according to Rosleskhoz data, timber harvesting in Russia reduced by 8% in 2019 by final Rosleskhoz data

Russian Timber Journal 06-2020: interview with Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Enviva Partners; plywood export from Russia demonstrates confident growth; according to Rosleskhoz data, timber harvesting in Russia reduced by 8% in 2019...

Vyatsky Plywood Mill commissioned a new wood waste briquetting site

The investments amounted to about 40 million rubles. After reaching the design parameters, the capacity of the briquetting site on the basis of two RUF-600 presses will become 18 tons of wood briquettes from birch chips per day....

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: how the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) affects operations of world timber companies; the Russian Government to slash duties on pulpwood of Far Eastern species to zero and increase export quotas by the end of 2020; Russian Forest Industry Review 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: coronavirus infection was recorded in many countries of the world, the development of the situation showed that COVID-19 has a direct impact on all areas of the economy, including the timber industry — forest...