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Segezha Group to increase the capacity of Vyatsky Plywood Mill by a third

June 17, 2021 ` 16:37  
As the Kommersant newspaper reports, Segezha Group is going to invest 6 billion rubles to increase the production capacity of its plant in Kirov to 255,000 m³ of plywood per year. The production site is scheduled to be...

Government of the Tver region to allocate 189 million rubles from the regional public funds to support investment projects in the field of value-added wood processing 

June 16, 2021 ` 18:47  
The funds are intended to facilitate the development of the timber industry in the region. Starting from 2021, timber enterprises will be provided with soft loans for the purchase of industrial and harvesting equipment and the construction of...

Korol Divanov LLC to start producing plywood and particleboard in the Kirov region

June 16, 2021 ` 18:38  
The Russian manufacturer of upholstered furniture is ready to start construction of the production facility at the end of 2021. The investments will amount to over 500 million rubles. It is estimated that the tax revenues will exceed...

Sveza Mill in Sverdlovsk region to invest RUB 100 million in reconstruction of raw material heating system

June 16, 2021 ` 14:11  
Sveza Mill in Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha, Sverdlovsk region, has started an investment project related to reconstruction of raw material heating ponds. The reconstruction program covers fourteen ponds of a production site and is divided into four stages and is...

Terneyles to invest 1.7 billion rubles to upgrade its dry sawn timber production facilities 

June 15, 2021 ` 18:36  
In March 2021, the company signed a contract for the supply and installation of three drying tunnels with a capacity of 300,000 m³ of dry sawn timber per year. It is also planned to supply three lines of...

US lumber prices fell sharply

June 15, 2021 ` 18:08  
After some waffling by suppliers, sharply decreased sales volumes, and strong push-back from customers, this week the wholesaler price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr, for the week ending June 11,...

Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 5.2% in January-April 2021

June 10, 2021 ` 16:33  
In January-April 2021, the volume of sawn timber exported from Russia reduced by 5.2% YoY and totaled 6.8 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The value of foreign sawn timber shipments from Russia...

Wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 5.6% in January-April 2021

June 10, 2021 ` 15:56  
In January-April 2021, the volume of wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 5.6% YoY, reaching 720,100 tons, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. The value of foreign supplies increased by 15.2% to...

In January-April 2021, Russian plywood export increased by 9.9%

June 10, 2021 ` 15:22  
In January-April 2021, Russia increased its plywood export volume by 9.9% YoY, reaching 1.062 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In value terms, for the reporting period, Russian plywood supplies increased by 26.4%...

Mayr-Melnhof Holz invests in CLT production in Austria

June 8, 2021 ` 17:06  
Mayr-Melnhof Holz is investing €150 million in its plant in Leoben and wants to create an additional 50 jobs there. The plan is for the new cross-laminated timber plant to go into full operation in just under two...

Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a state-of-the-art pulp and paper industrial complex

June 3, 2021 ` 23:59  
On June 3, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021), Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group (a Sistema company), and Arthur Parfenchikov, Head of the Republic of Karelia, signed a letter of intent for the implementation...