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In 1H 2021, the branch of Segezha Packaging LLC (Segezha Group) in Salsk, Rostov Region, produced 81 million units of industrial paper packaging, doubling production volumes compared to the same period last year. By the end of this...

Finscan is an automatic sawn timber sorting system using Buzzard – an artificial intelligence-based application. Besides identifying wood defects, the system is capable of identifying knots and rot with high precision, improving the quality and output of produced...

Based on April 2021 performance, OSB export from Russia to the USA reached unprecedented volumes – 9,568 m³ by volume and $4.53 million by value. As a result, the US share in the export structure of Russian OSB...

Osko-Invest launched edged boards production in Spasovshchina village in the Pskov region within the first stage. The investment value was 1.5 billion rubles, about 150 jobs were created. The plant had been previously working in a test run...

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...