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Raute received orders worth approximately €16 million to Russia

July 7, 2021 ` 17:49  
Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately €16 million from Segezha Group to Russia. The scope of orders includes new production lines and modernizations of existing lines to increase the veneer production capacity, and also production lines to...

Pfeifer successfully completes the second expansion stage at the CLT plant in Schlitz

July 6, 2021 ` 16:35  
The cross laminated timber plant of the Pfeifer Group, which went into operation at the beginning of 2020, is doubling its capacity to 100,000 m³ annually this year as planned. In order to increase the joinery performance and...

Junnikkala to build new sawmill in Finland

July 6, 2021 ` 14:45  
Finnish Junnikkala is preparing for a big investment that will launch the construction of a modern sawmill unit in Oulu, Finland. Construction will begin in 2022 and will be finished by the end of 2023. €70 million investment...

Rosleskhoz to spend 100 million rubles for the development of a timber industry information system

June 30, 2021 ` 16:35  
Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) announced a tender for the development of the Federal State Information System of the Timber Industry worth 99.94 million rubles. Information about the tender is published in the Unified Procurement Information System of the...

JSC Volga posted an annual report for 2020

June 25, 2021 ` 19:07  
According to the results of the Company’s work in 2020, the EBITDA indicator under IFRS amounted to 1.5 billion rubles. Revenue from product sales – 9.4 billion rubles, net profit – 0.9 billion rubles. In 2020 JSC Volga...

Segezha Group completes RUB 14.6 billion investment project in Karelia

June 25, 2021 ` 09:27  
Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (a subsidiary of Segezha Group) has completed an investment project in the field of forest development. Segezha PPM started the project in 2016. Between 2016 and 2020, the investor fulfilled all of its...

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...