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White Sea Floating Company completed its raft program

June 24, 2021 ` 16:15  
Titan Group logistic enterprise – LLC White Sea Floating Company (BSK) has completed its raft program. 20 rafts – 220,000 m³ of winter fabrication timber were shipped to CJSC “Sawmill 25” and JSC “Arkhangelsk PPM”. The rafts were...

In January-May 2021, wood pulp production increased in Russia

June 24, 2021 ` 14:50  
According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-May 2021, the output of Russian wood pulp increased by 1.1% YoY to 3.7 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period by...

Russia increased sawn timber production in January-May 2021

June 24, 2021 ` 12:03  
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-May 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.6% YoY to 12.2 million m³.

Russia significantly increased wood-based panels production in January-May 2021

June 24, 2021 ` 11:23  
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-May 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 16.2% YoY to 1.9 mln m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 26.7% YoY to 293...

Mayr-Melnhof Group to sell its Eerbeek and Baiersbronn virgin fiber cartonboard mills

June 23, 2021 ` 15:13  
The Mayr-Melnhof Group and a subsidiary of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) have reached a firm intention on the sale of MM’s virgin fiber cartonboard mills located in Eerbeek, Netherlands, and Baiersbronn, Germany, to Oaktree...

Karelia Pulp to perform a large-scale upgrade of Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill

June 22, 2021 ` 20:00  
Artur Parfenchikov, Head of Karelia, Victor Ventimilla Alonso, Chairman of Severo-Zapadny Bank of Sberbank, and Vladimir Bobin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Karelia Pulp Holding LLC, signed a trilateral cooperation agreement to implement an investment project...

Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region

June 21, 2021 ` 19:04  
Smurfit Kappa Group will upgrade its sites in Kommunar and Vsevolozhsk. The investments in the project will total over 1 billion rubles of own funds. It is scheduled to start the works in the summer of 2021. Thanks...

Segezha Group increases plywood production capacity

June 21, 2021 ` 17:45  
Segezha Group, as part of its plywood production development strategy, is investing in the Vyatsky Plywood Mill capacity expansion project. The company has upgraded existing equipment, and new units have been selected for installation. The design is almost...

Huhtamaki to build a second plant in Alabuga SEZ (Tatarstan)

June 18, 2021 ` 18:47  
The new plant with a total area of 8,300 m² will produce 211 million egg boxes per year. The investments in the project are estimated at 1.4 billion rubles. The construction of the facility has already begun, the...

Mondi Syktyvkar LPK performs a scheduled overhaul of equipment

June 18, 2021 ` 18:40  
The company suspended production for a scheduled annual overhaul of process equipment, that will last 2.5 weeks, on May 23, 2021. Repairs of papermaking machines are scheduled to be completed in about five days; the rest of the...

Belarusian Ivatsevichdrev to make more particleboards and furniture

June 18, 2021 ` 17:56  
The Belarusian woodworking company Ivatsevichdrev intends to make more particleboards and furniture. The plans were discussed during a working trip of Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko to Ivatsevichi District, Brest Region. Ivatsevichdrev specializes in making particle boards....

A new veneer surfacing-and-jointing line put into operation at Sveza’s mill in St. Petersburg

June 17, 2021 ` 16:44  
The value of investments in the project amounted to about 50 million rubles. The new line is capable of “sewing” up to 10,000 m³ of veneer per year, which will increase the annual output of large-sized plywood. The...