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WhatWood Agency announces Russian Wood Pellet Market, a monthly price review
August 12, 2020 ` 09:41
In response to the growing market demand for high-quality and up-to-date information, WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency has launched Russian Wood Pellet Market, a monthly price review. «The global market of wood pellets is growing at an average... JSC Volga launched a waste paper line with the capacity of 500 t per day
November 28, 2024 ` 19:30
Commissioning and startup operations are currently wrapping up at the new line producing MM-500 recycled pulp that serves as a raw material for the repurposed Paper-Making Machine 6, according to the press office of the Nizhny Novgorod mill.... Over 9 months of 2024, furniture production in the Northwestern Federal District increased by 23% in monetary terms
November 28, 2024 ` 19:27
In January–September 2024, enterprises from the Northwestern Federal District increased their furniture production by 23% YoY, up to 34.5 billion rubles, as reported by Kommersant referencing data by the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia. Notably,... Over 9 months of 2024, roundwood and sawn timber transportation by railway reduced by 3%
November 28, 2024 ` 19:09
According to TransLes Analytics Center, the total volume of roundwood and sawn timber transportation by railway in Russia (including container transport) reduced by 3% YoY in January–September 2024, down to 21.9 million t. Over the reporting period, domestic... Luzales will start supplying wood pellets to China
Luzales-Tikhvin signed a contract with Chinese partners for supplying wood pellets, as reported by Luzales’s press office. This deal is supposed to help load the facilities of the enterprise’s wood pellet production site by 100%, increase the company’s...HAYAT Russia invested 178 million rubles in its production sites in Russia
November 27, 2024 ` 12:50
HAYAT Russia (a branch of the transnational company Hayat) announced the expansion of its production facilities at enterprises in the Kaluga Region and Tatarstan. The total value of investments in these projects reached 178 million rubles. In October... The first timber industry cluster was created in Karelia
November 27, 2024 ` 12:41
The timber industry cluster of Karelia was included in the register of Russian industrial clusters by Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia No. 5101 dated November 1, 2024, as reported by the press office... More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024
November 11, 2024 ` 20:32
As of October 4, 2024, the Krasnoyarsk Region has exported 3.1 million m³ of sawn timber since the beginning of the year, according to the regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor. Over the reporting period, the key buyer was China... Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times
November 11, 2024 ` 20:30
From January 1 through September 25, 2024, the Kirov Region exported to China 64,400 m³ of birch plywood, which is 5.2 times more than over the same period of 2023 (12,300 m³), as reported by the Administration of... Timber export from Karelia increased by 25% in January–September 2024
November 11, 2024 ` 20:31
According to the press office of the North Sea Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor, Karelia exported 385,500 m³ of timber in January–September 2024, including 279,400 m³ of sawn timber and 101,200 m³ of roundwood. The timber products were shipped... Segezha Group is replacing parts for maintenance of European equipment at Segezhsky PPM
October 29, 2024 ` 19:16
Segezhsky PPM is working on import substitution of spare parts and components for process equipment that have been purchased in EU countries earlier, according to the Telegram channel of Segezha Group, the mill’s parent company. One of the... Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER: “The Russian furniture industry has all of a sudden turned “from a Cinderella into a princess” of the timber industry over the past 10 years”
October 28, 2024 ` 17:21
The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia (AFWIER) is a voluntary professional & civil society non-profit organization established in 1997 to consolidate the efforts of overcoming crisis phenomena in the furniture and woodworking industry and creating... Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed
October 25, 2024 ` 15:54
The multi-year process of liquidating Baykalsky PPM in Baykalsk is completed, according to the official web portal of legal information of the Irkutsk Region. The Regional Arbitration Court officially recognized the enterprise as liquidated. The bankruptcy proceedings began... About WhatWood project
WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.