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Sveza multiplies production of fuel briquettes in Saint Petersburg
November 19, 2025 ` 18:57
The forestry division of the Sveza Group — Sveza Bioproduct — has upgraded equipment for fuel briquette production at its plywood plant in Saint Petersburg. The investment project amounted to 21 million rubles. After the modernization, briquette output...
HS Timber Group completes acquisition of Kurekss SIA
November 6, 2025 ` 16:16
HS Timber Group has completed the acquisition of Kurekss SIA and its subsidiary Kurzemes Granulas SIA following approval from the Latvian competition authority. The transaction amount was not disclosed. Kurekss SIA is one of Latvia’s leading sawn timber...
Segezha Group’s Siberian assets double pellet production in H1 2025
August 14, 2025 ` 16:29
Segezha Group’s key assets in Siberia — Lesosibirsk LDK No. 1, Novoyeniseisk LHK, Timber Trans, and Tairiku-Igirima Group (TIG) — reached full capacity in H1 2025, doubling the production and shipment of wood fuel pellets, the timber holding’s...
Russian Timber Journal 06–2025: Interview with Vladimir Kerchensky, head of sales at the Housing Construction Development Directorate, Novotorzhsky LPK JSC; Federal Forestry Agency releases final 2024 regional timber harvesting figures; Rosstat: Timber harvesting down in first five months of 2025; Russian plywood production falls 3.2% in May; Bumprom urges Ministry of Industry and Trade to convene meeting amid industry crisis; Arkhbum Liner to build recycled containerboard plant in Moscow Region; Russian pulp, paper, and board output declines in May; Ministry of Industry and Trade to reimburse up to 50% of sea freight costs for new export routes; Segezha Group reports Q1 2025 operational and financial results
August 1, 2025 ` 16:43
Russian Timber Journal 06–2025: Interview with Vladimir Kerchensky, head of sales at the Housing Construction Development Directorate, Novotorzhsky LPK JSC; Federal Forestry Agency releases final 2024 regional timber harvesting figures; Rosstat: Timber harvesting down in first five months...
Russian pellet exports to China discussed in Wuhan
The 20th meeting of the Permanent Russian-Chinese Working Group on Forest Resource Development and Utilization was held in Wuhan, China. Delegates from relevant government agencies and business communities of both countries agreed to promote trade in wood pellets....
Pellet production facility with 9,000 t/year capacity launched in Yugra
July 30, 2025 ` 16:46
LLC Taiga has launched an automated production line for fuel pellets with an annual capacity of up to 9,000 tons, according to the press service of the Yugra Development Fund. The facility will allow for the processing of...
New wood chip-fired boiler house to be built in Karelia
July 30, 2025 ` 10:35
The State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Karelia, KarelKommunEnergo, has begun reconstruction of a boiler house in the town of Suoyarvi. The announcement was made by Alexander Fedorichev, Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services, and Energy...
Russian Timber Journal 05-2025: Interview with Henric Endoff, CEO of AGENDA Business Development AB; OSB price trends in Russia: a five-year market overview in 2019–2024; Plywood production in Russia reaches highest level since February 2022; In 2024, members of the AMDPR received preferential loans from the Industrial Development Fund totaling over RUB 2 billion; Arkhbum Tissue Group launches second phase of hygiene products plant; SFT Group launches new Kartontara-2 plant in Adygea; Segezha Group raises RUB 113 billion through additional share issue to reduce debt load; Cesar-Invest has officially rebranded as Taiga Group
June 18, 2025 ` 15:48
Russian Timber Journal 05-2025: Interview with Henric Endoff, CEO of AGENDA Business Development AB; OSB price trends in Russia: a five-year market overview in 2019–2024; Plywood production in Russia reaches highest level since February 2022; In 2024, members of the Association of...
First boiler house running on biofuel was started up in the test mode in the Primorsky Region
May 30, 2025 ` 18:26
The startup and commissioning operations on the core equipment of the new boiler house running on wood pellets began in the Novopokrovka village, Krasnoarmeysky District, according to the press office of the Government of the Primorsky Region. The...
Russian Timber Journal 04-2025: Interview with Stanislav Serov, Russia Business Development Director at EGGER; Russian timber industry performance in 2024: WhatWood’s version; Russian timber harvest increased by 3.4% YoY in 2024, up to 194.3 million m³; plywood production in Russia grew by 1.9% in Q1 2025; MoloPak started up a new production site worth 1.3 billion rubles in the Moscow Region; waste paper prices in Russia exceeded 20,000 rubles per ton; record-breaking amount of paper and cardboard was produced in Russia in March 2025
May 19, 2025 ` 18:05
Russian Timber Journal 04-2025: Stanislav Serov, Russia Business Development Director at EGGER: “We have intentionally reoriented our sales from furniture factories to professional distribution”; Russian timber industry performance in 2024: WhatWood’s version; Russian timber harvest increased by 3.4% YoY in...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2025: Interview with Denis Kumirov, Deputy Director General for Raw Material Provision at JSC Volga; Sawn timber production in the global market is reducing for the third year in a row — WhatWood analysis article; Businesses asked to postpone the introduction of FGIS LK by three months; Sveza acquired new assets in the cardboard and paper industry; Kappa Rus purchased Okulovka Paper Mill; VLP Group will invest over 2 billion rubles in upgrading LDK No. 3; Production of plywood in Russia increased by 5.1% in 2024; SFT Group will invest 20 billion rubles in corrugated cardboard production in Adygea; Volga started up PMM6
February 13, 2025 ` 16:29
Russian Timber Journal 01-2025: Denis Kumirov, Deputy Director General for Raw Material Provision at JSC Volga: “If our contractors were thinking about further development before, these Key Rate and leasing rate make it virtually impossible to buy anything”; Sawn...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2024: Interview with Alexey Garmash, CEO, Novomorsnab LLC; Value of investment in the Russian timber industry grew by 40% in Q3 2024; In January—October, the Russian timber harvest increased by 4.2% YoY; Plywood production in Russia has been growing for three consecutive months; Russian furniture may become 15% more expensive because of duties imposed on Chinese hardware; Wood biofuel production in Russia over 10 months of 2024: a sharp surge of wood briquettes and a decline in wood pellet production; Segezha Group shared its financial performance over 9 months of 2024
December 13, 2024 ` 11:10
Russian Timber Journal 09-2024: Interview with Alexey Garmash, CEO, Novomorsnab LLC; Value of investment in the Russian timber industry grew by 40% in Q3 2024; In January—October, the Russian timber harvest increased by 4.2% YoY; Plywood production in Russia...
