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Segezha Group announcing the beginning of the next stage of the equipment modernization program at the Segezha Packaging plant in Horn (Netherlands). The plant specializes in the production of industrial paper packaging for high-margin segments, including food products....

Trade of roundwood in Finland non-industrial private forests continued to be exceptionally active in June, with 8.2 million m³ of roundwood purchased by the forest industry. The volume of roundwood trade during in 1H 2021 was 57% higher...

Bashkirskiy Les (part of GazResurs Group) is planning to build a new plywood mill with 6,000 m³ annual capacity in the Uchalinsky District. The investment project is going to cost 235 million rubles. 130 new jobs will be...

Murom started implementing its large investment project in 2018. The total investment value reached 7 billion rubles; the design capacity is 230,000 m³ of product per year. OSB production began at the company as early as in November...

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending july 16, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $555 ($359/m³), reaching the minimum value since the beginning of the...

The first line of the Ulyanovsk site of Arkhbum JSC will be already launched in the beginning of September this year – all required infrastructure for this has been built, the main equipment is already in operation (5-layer...

Segezha Group has begun a full upgrade of equipment at Onega LDK, the Company’s wood-processing asset in Arkhangelsk region. The project will be completed over a period of 2.5 years and will receive investment totaling more than RUB...

Industrial Development Fund approved a loan of 129.9 million rubles for Orion LLC. The company is going to purchase new equipment and expand its operating plywood and curved parts production under “Leasing” program. The enterprise capacity is going...

In Q1 2021, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group increased timber harvesting by 26.5% YoY, reaching 501,000 m³. Its harvesting enterprises (Onegalesprom, Vozhega-Les, Verkhovazhyeles and LomovatkaLes) harvested 301,000 m³ of logs.

More than RUB 100 million has already been invested in the plant’s modernisation. Moving forward, the company plans to expand its production capacity and secure further investments to the tune of RUB 350 million. The details of the...

According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1H 2021, the output of Russian wood pulp decreased by 0.1% YoY to 4.4 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period by...

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1H 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.7% YoY to 14.8 million m³.