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Enissey pulpmill expanded its investment program to build a bark-chip boiler

November 14, 2012 ` 11:30  
Krasnoyarsk, November 14. By June 2013, Enissey pulpmill (Krasnoyarsk, belongs to Continental Management holding) is planning to build a new bark-chip boiler which will generate 25 tons of steam per hour, as Continental Management press service reported. Cost...

Amazar pulpmill project started with beam production

November 14, 2012 ` 09:41  
Chita, November 14. Another media confirmed that first stage of Amazar pulpmill project, ‘’Polyarnaya’’, is launched in Zabaikalskiy region. It is a joint Russian-Chinese project with total investment scope of $215 million, including the infrastructure. The mill, however,...

Austrian Lukas Lang possibly to invest into house-building factory near Novgorod

November 12, 2012 ` 13:06  
Novgorod, November 12. Austrian Lukas Lang company will possibly build its first mill in Russia that will produce prefabricated low-storey wooden housing, as regional press service reported. Perspectives of the project were discussed at the meeting of vice...

Schattdecor to build a furniture decor mill in Tyumen

November 12, 2012 ` 12:48  
Tyumen, November 12. Germany’s Schattdecor company that specializes in production of furniture decor printing is going to build a mill in Tyumen. It is expected that the mill will reach rated capacity (60 million sq m annually) in...

Lumber export from Russia fell by 2.7% to 9.3 million cu m in the first half of 2012

September 21, 2012 ` 08:33  
In the first half-year, lumber production in Russia amounted to 13.8 million cu m, which is 1.3% higher than in H1 2011, while export declined by 2.7%; import fell by 15.5%. In the export pattern, DAF and FCA...

Solombala LDK to launch new sawmill in 2013

September 7, 2012 ` 11:54  
Solombala LDK (Arkhangelsk) is going to launch its new sawmill in the summer of 2013. Processing capacity of the mill is 800,000 cu m of wood… If you want to read full article, please subscribe for our Weekly...

Titan Group: WTO possibly to close a number of sawmills

September 7, 2012 ` 11:52  
WTO accession will possibly lead to closures of low-efficiency and old mills that don’t have possibilities to cut internal costs, as said by Dmitriy Krylov, Deputy CEO, Foreign Relations of Lesozavod-25 mill (belongs to Titan Group). ‘’Acute competition...

Baikal pulpmill disclosed 2011 results

September 7, 2012 ` 11:42  
Baikal pulpmill (Irkutsk region) has issued its annual report for 2011, being last of the large forest industry companies. The company underlines four enterprises as its competitors: three mills of Ilim Group and Arkhangelsk PPM. The company quotes...

Ilim Timber announces its production results for the six months

September 3, 2012 ` 00:01  
For the six months ended June 30, 2012 Ilim Timber produced 1 258 791 cubic meters of wood products. Production volume increased 21% compared to same period of 2011. Total output of sawn timber on Ust  Ilimsk Sawmill (Russia), Ilim...

Perm region governor said Kama pulpmill has billions of debts

August 30, 2012 ` 17:44  
Permregion governor Viktor Basargin made a visit toKamapulpmill and said the premises have gloomy look, while the mill has billions of debts. According to Basargin, Investlesprom holding is not very transparent in the mill rehabilitation procedure, so the...

Novator plywood mill installed new veneer reparation line

August 30, 2012 ` 17:42  
Novator plywood mill (Velikiy Ustuyg, belongs to Sveza Group) installed new veneer reparation line made by Raute (Finland). COO of the mill, Vladimir Pelevin, said that this new line will cut costs in veener production threefold and improve...

Investlesprom: MDF, HDF and fiberboard demand started to grow earlier than expected

August 30, 2012 ` 17:40  
Demand for MDF, HDF and fiberboard in 2012 started to grow earlier than expected. This was the result of financial and operation problems at some companies earlier, as said by Board & Lumber division director of Investlesprom Dmitriy...