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Sveza started producing craft-coated plywood popular in the USA. The new product called SVEZA Paint Kraft — plywood designed to be painted — will reduce the waste of surface preparation time by 70% and paint consumption, by up...

Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in new planed products. Production will soon begin at the new planing mill in Hasselfors, Sweden. “Wood is the building material of the future and we...

A new scarfing line designed by Austrian-Slovenian Company Ledinek Engineering has become operational at Sokolsky DOK of Segezha Group (part of PJSC Sistema) in the Vologda region. The line capacity is 25 m³ of laminated products per hour....

In June 2020, WhatWood Analytics Agency completed its annual analytic survey Plywood Market in Russia 2019-2020. Here is the summary and key conclusions. In 2019, plywood production in Russia basically remained at the last year’s level of 4...

Sales decreased by 20% to EUR 2,077 million due to lower deliveries of graphic papers and lower pulp and paper sales prices. Comparable EBIT decreased by 41% to EUR 203 million, and was 9.8% of sales.

Metadynea is the largest Russian producer of synthetic resins for wood boards. The scope of construction industry, which is one of the biggest consumers of petrochemicals and gas-to-chemicals products, may drop by almost 50% in 2021 and its...

Stora Enso’s 1Q 2020 sales decreased by 18,9% YoY to Euro 2,114 billion. The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the decline in demand for European paper, and the market conditions for the Group’s other products continue to be mixed....

On June 11, 2020, overhaul of process flow 2 producing fiberboard was completed at the plant owned by Plitny Mir LLC (located in Emva, Komi). In three weeks, a large scope of work was implemented to repair, do...

Wood fiber costs fell for many hardwood pulp-producing countries worldwide in the 1Q/20. The biggest declines (in US dollar terms) were seen in the US South, Russia, and Latin America, where hardwood pulplog prices were down between 5...

The situation of the European sawmill industry was analyzed by its representatives on June 10 during the first online general meeting of the European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS). The effects of the coronavirus pandemic obviously determined...

Holmen signed an agreement to acquire Martinsons, one of Sweden’s leading players in sawn and processed wood products. The purchase price is SEK 1.0 billion ($110 million) for 100 per cent of the shares. The acquisition will almost...

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development made a decision to support VMG Group’s business in Belarus. VMG Industry FLLC located in Mogilev Special Economic Zone and Swoods Export FLLC from Borisovo will receive loans. Specifically, the company from...