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Stanislav Serov, Russia Business Development Director at EGGER: “We have intentionally reoriented our sales from furniture factories to professional distribution”

May 21, 2025 ` 17:03  
EGGER’s Russian office now plays a key role in particleboard and laminated particleboard production and sale in the domestic market. The company owns two large production venues in Shuya and Gagarin and accounts for more than 10% of...

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”

February 14, 2025 ` 12:38  
JSC Volga is one of the largest paper mills in Russia. This enterprise specializes in producing lightweight and ultra lightweight containerboard and printing paper. In 2024, the paper mill completed several investment projects that include: repurposing of Paper-Making...

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...

Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group: “In Q1 2024, we saw an increase of demand and prices in some locations”

June 18, 2024 ` 17:19  
In Q1 2024, the Russian timber industry was still recovering after the shocks of 2022. Nevertheless, some positive trends of leaving the sanctions-related crisis behind are gradually emerging in the industry. This has been noted by major timber...