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Moscow, April 11. Bumprom (Russian association of pulp & paper companies) has created a new NGO, League of Wastepaper Processors. An article by its president Andrew Guryanov posted at the website (liga-pm.ru) explains the mission and goals of...

Helsinki, April 10. Sales of UPM in 2012 reached €10.44 billion, which is 4% higher on-year. However, operating profit of the company declined by 22% to €530 million, as reported in the annual report of UPM. Log prices...

This new two-part infographics discloses the OSB market in Russia in 2012: consumption and supply regional pattern, statistic customs import value, and Russian OSB mill projects under way. You can learn more on the matter in the recent...

Petrozavodsk, March 13. Arbitrage court of Karelia regarded Kondopoga mill’s request on bankruptcy on March 06 and approved to introduce bankruptcy administration at the mill, with Andrei Yenkov appointed external mill manager. Liabilities of the mill exceed 13...

Russian forest industry earned 733.6 billion Rubles (€18.46 billion) in 2012, which is 6.5% higher than in 2011, as said in the annual report published by WhatWood analytic department. Sales profit amounted to 52.88 billion Rubles, which is...

This infographics is a brief review of particleboard market in Russia in 2012: prices and largest producing regions. Details on the topic are available in the recent annual report of WhatWood analysts. Click on the image to enlarge it:

Arkhangelsk, March 06. Ilim Group’s new papermaking machine at Koryazhma mill in Arkhangelsk region, built as a part of Big Koryazhma investment project, produced its first paper on March 03. During the coming weeks, Ilim Group’s specialists, supported...

Today’s visual graphics is a brief review of plywood market in Russia in 2012: prices and largest producing regions. Details on the topic are available in the recent annual report of WhatWood analysts. Click on the image to...

Moscow, March 04. Arrangers of Russian Wood & Timber 2013 conference have published the detailed list of speakers at the forum. This year the programme of the forum underwent considerable changes. The first day will be a Wood &...

Moscow, February 28. The Bank of Moscow finalized sale of 100% of Kama pulpmill which was owned via Investlesprom holding, as Perm edition of Kommersant newspaper reports. Quoting kartoteka.ru website, the paper states that Kama pulpmill was sold on...

In this new piece of visual graphics we tell about production capacities of global forest industry leaders in Russia. A detailed article on the matter is available in the recent issue of our WhatWood Weekly. Click on the...

Krasnoyarsk, February 25. Priangarsky LPK in Krasnoyarsk region will start production in November 2013, as said by Nikolay Fetisov, president of Trust bank which acts as financial partner in this project. At the first stage, the enterprise will...