Furniture

Russian Timber Journal 11-2021: Metin Mete, General Manager at HAYAT Russia: “The whole market of paper tissue products is growing by an average of 5% a year”; U.S. has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber...

It is planning to purchase and set up equipment to upgrade an area for MDF facades production, an edge banding area, a laser-cutting area and a packaging area within the project. The production capacity will exceed 10,000 m²...

In January-October 2021, the cost of Russian furniture import increased by 30.7% YoY to $ 1.994 billion, according to the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In October 2021, import amounted to $ 221.1 million (+ 6.6% MoM).

The company is going to expand its current venue in Kurovitsy village, Leningrad Region. The production area will increase by more than 4,000 m², process flows will be optimized, a number of production processes will be automated and...

Sudoma sawmill launched a new production shop to make furniture boards, rough-sawn and cut-to-exact size furniture blanks with the capacity of 8,400 m³ of product per year in Dedovichi urban settlement, Pskov Region. This is the region’s biggest...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2021: Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO of Raute Corporation: “The Russian market has been among the most important ones for Raute over the past 10 years”; current situation in the roundwood market, industry’s opportunities and restrictions...

The latest Eurostat PRODCOM data reveals that the total value of wood furniture production in the EU27 declined 5% to €32.4 billion in 2020. This performance for the year is significantly better than initially anticipated at the start...

Swedish home-furnishings giant Ikea gave a bleak outlook for the retail industry, saying it expects shortages from the supply-chain crisis to remain an issue through the middle of next year. “The biggest challenge has been getting products out...

In January-August 2021, the value of Russian furniture imports increased by 34.4% YoY to $1.565 billion, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In August 2021, imports amounted to $209.9 million (+ 1.1% MoM).

Malaysia continues to see an upward trend in the rate of Covid-19 infections with 17,045 recorded in one day in late July, the highest ever in a day since the pandemic hit the nation. The cumulative total infected...

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...

The enterprise in Dobrograd-1 SEZ in the Vladimir region is scheduled to be put into operation in H2 2022. The new site of Ascona Group will produce mattresses, pillows, and upholstered furniture for the world’s largest furniture retailer,...