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Lithuanian company VMG is going to build another woodworking complex in Belarus, as Belta agency reported quoting head of the VMG board Sigitas Paulauskas. On July 10, Mogilev special economic zone saw opening ceremony of the complex which...

Arkhbum OJSC (affiliate company of Arkhangelsk pulpmill) will launch the first line of its Istra capacity (Moscow region) on September 20 with rated capacity of 200 million m2 per year. Investment scope of the project is €60.2 million....

An insight into an important sales market of Russian lumber producers in today’s infographics. More details are published in the recent WhatWood Weekly issue. Russia competes mainly with Sweden and Finland on the Egyptian lumber market. Recently, due...

Growth of roundwood prices in the Central federal district of Russia in May was due to lack of summer timber removal and growing demand for wood at the start of the construction season, as analytic service of WhatWood...

Volume of capital investments into Russian forest industry in the first quarter of the year shrank by 17.4% to RUR 20.5 billion. In the pulp & paper sector, Irkutsk region was the leader. Here, large project of Ilim...

Finnish company Satorak Oy is going to invest €20 billion into logging and woodworking capacities in Russia within ten years, as Omsk regional press reports. An affiliate company of Satorak, ADS Finland, which was established for doing foreign...

Finnish specialists advised Kondopoga pulpmill to convert one of the papermaking machines and increase speed at two other machines, but this will require considerable investments not yet affordable to the company at the moment, as mill’s Chief Executive...

Perm region authorities and Krono Group hold negotiations on chipboard mill construction, as Kommersant paper reports quoting a source in regional government. Swiss Krono Group owns one mill in Russia, Kronostar in Kostroma region which produced 537,200 m3...

On September 26, 2013, Moscow business school of Skolkovo will host PAP-FOR conference “Sustainable development and efficiency of the Russian pulp & paper industry”. The event’s website has already opened online registration. Forum arranger, Reed Exhibitions company, traditionally...

CTS Invest company is going to invest RUR 2 billion into modernization and further development of Pitkyaranta pulpmill, according to the Forest portal of Karelia. This decision was announced at a press conference on July 01 attended by...

Russian government approved the plan on stimulation of renewable wood resources utilization in heat and power generation. Development of this industry will require changes in the legislation and will be tested in five Russian regions, according to Russian...

Closure of Baikal pulpmill will possibly take up to six months, as VEB-Engineering Chief Executive Dmitry Sheibe said in an interview to Prime agency. “Presently the mill employs 1646 people, one third of them will remain at the...