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Bereznik JSC completed the first stage of an investment project on building a plywood production site at the premises of Sokol Industrial Park. The enterprise was built in 3 years; the investment value exceeded 1 billion rubles. The...

Krasny Oktyabr LLC will invest 2.8 billion rubles in producing birch veneer and plywood (including laminated plywood), as reported by the website of the Governor and the Government of the Perm Region. 800 million out of the total...

The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia suggested imposing safeguard duties on birch veneer export and banning veneer logs export. One of the reasons for such a decision was the recent resolution of the European Commission...

The volume of paper and cardboard production in Ukraine grew by 10.8% YoY over 10 months of 2021. The output of containerboard, including fluting paper, followed a very similar trend – it grew by 8%, while folding boxboard...

Vologodsky Les intends to invest 3.5 billion rubles in upgrading its plywood production site and creating new timber processing facilities, as reported by the official web portal of the Government of the Vologda Region. The investment project received...

BioLesProm is planning to build a woodworking enterprise for 3.8 billion rubles in the Verkhovazhsky District of the Vologda Region. The investment project that received a priority status includes commissioning an OSB production site with the capacity of...

On November 29, the Government Committee on Foreign Investments Control chaired by Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, approved the sale of 75% of RFP Group, a timber industry group from the Far East, to Iida...

Not all regions were able to start winter harvesting in November. Logs could not be hauled in the European part of Russia (in central and north-western regions) because of humid weather and the continuing period of impassable roads....

The mill’s corporate selection and seed center whose area will exceed 10 ha will become one of the most contemporary in Russia. A greenhouse and a laboratory complex will be built in its territory, which will accommodate a...

A project on upgrading Peno Woodworking Factory by Discovery-Peno LLC is included in the list of priority investment projects in the forest sector of the Russian Federation. It will be implemented by 2026 and create 85 jobs. The...

The United States has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber from most producers to 17.9%, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng said on Wednesday, adding that Canada is “extremely disappointed.” The current rate for most...

Sveza has shipped first batches of plywood to Kögel GmBH, one of the world’s largest producers of cargo trailers, from its mill in St. Perersburg, Russia. Earlier, Kögel successfully tested Sveza’s trailer flooring plywood at its manufacturing facility...