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Segezha Group launched production of CLT panels

December 2, 2020 ` 17:16  
The new production began at Sokol CLT plant, where the first pilot CLT panel 3 by 6 m was produced. The plant equipment is capable of producing CLT panels up to 16 m long, 3.5 m wide and...

Owners of Karelia DSP started repaying debts to power companies

December 1, 2020 ` 18:17  
Upon signing a settlement between the plant owner, Lesprominvest and Regional Retail Company, production capacities were re-connected to electrical energy. Owners of Karelia DSP paid the first 1.5 million rubles out of 27 million rubles of debt to...

Kronospan is going to launch production of bases for wood-based panels near Kaluga 

December 1, 2020 ` 18:13  
Kronospan intends to implement its second investment project on building a plant producing bases for wood-based panels from ready-made pulp by Ultra Decor Rus in the territory of Kaluga Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The respective agreement was signed...

In January – September 2020, Sveza Tyumen reduced plywood production by 6%

December 1, 2020 ` 18:05  
Sveza Tyumen (previously Tyumen Plywood Plant, part of Sveza Group) reduced plywood production by 6% YoY in January – September 2020, down to 59,500 m³. Whereas the plant increased product sales by 2% YoY, reaching 59,800 m³ over...

A timber processing investment project was implemented in the Sverdlovsk Region

November 30, 2020 ` 18:36  
Lesnoy Ural Lobva commissioned the second phase of value-added wood processing area. The company launched a continuous flow sawmilling shop with the capacity of up to 180 m³ of square edged timber per shift, a plant producing wood...

Record-breaking volumes of laminated particleboard were produced at Vokhtogalesdrev in October 2020

November 30, 2020 ` 18:28  
In October 2020, Vokhtogalesdrev (Vokhtoga village, Vologda Region) produced 1.2 million m² of laminated particleboard – this is record performance for the company. It is owned by Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki and Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Plant.

Sveza may open a production venue processing pulplogs in the Leningrad Region

November 30, 2020 ` 18:18  
This possibility was discussed by Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the Leningrad Region, and Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sveza. Sveza is currently selecting the project and the Russian region where the new production venue...

SCA to build new grading mill in Sweden

November 27, 2020 ` 18:41  
The base of SCA’s new grading mill is being built. At the same time, preparations are being made for piling and other tasks to be able to complete the rest of the building. The building where the new grading...

Sber is going to fund construction of a plywood plant in the Vologda Region for 11.9 billion rubles

November 26, 2020 ` 18:52  
The Russian bank is going to fund construction of an export-oriented plant producing birch plywood in the Vologda Region at the premises of a joint venture of Plitwood created by Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki and Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture...

Mikhail Shamolin: “Stopping roundwood exports will not only increase processing within Russia but also deliver a serious blow to quasi-legal harvesting”

November 26, 2020 ` 18:44  
Mikhail Shamolin, President and Chairman of the Board at Segezha Group, spoke about the prospects of banning roundwood exports from Russia as of January 1, 2022 in an interview with RBC. “It is undoubtedly a perfectly correct solution...

Euro Graph: demand for magazine paper falls in Europe in September 2020

November 26, 2020 ` 18:22  
According to the European Association of Printing Paper Manufacturers (Euro Graph), the demand for magazine supercalendered paper in European countries in September 2020 decreased by 8.3% YoY to 229,000 tons. Magazine paper supplies decreased by 12.1% YoY to...

AVA Company will be leased to Profit Group without bids

November 25, 2020 ` 20:01  
This idea was supported by company’s lenders at the general meeting. Unsold equipment and property of the bankrupted company will be leased to a new owner – Profit Group. The new owner also held meetings with the Government...