Timber industry research & analytics 
Kai Merivuori, Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association: «Currently all are making red figures. Thus, production curtailments can be expected»
October 17, 2019 ` 12:23
WhatWood talked to Kai Merivuori, Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association, about the current state of the Finnish sawmilling industry, global sawn timber markets, and expected changes. In 2018, sawn timber prices on the global markets, especially...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2019: Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association Kai Merivuori about falling sawn timber prices; annual Russian Forest Industry Review; the Russian government cuts transport subsidies for the timber industry; Sergey Anoprienko appointed as a new head of the Federal Forestry Agency
October 11, 2019 ` 19:31
Russian Timber Journal 09-2019: Managing Director of the Finnish Sawmills Association Kai Merivuori: “All markers are in the red zone. We can expect a reduction in production”; Russian Forest Industry Review, 2018-2019: peak forest products prices in 2018,...
Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: Russian economy slows down; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting by regions; The Far East is cutting log exports at a record pace
September 13, 2019 ` 12:11
Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: In the 1 H 2019, the growth rate of the Russian economy slowed down; for 5 months 2019, the European Union reduced the volume of wood pellet imports; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting...
China to levy tariffs on US wood products
September 16, 2019 ` 11:26
China will impose additional tariffs on around US$75 billion worth of US goods. The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council said extra tariffs of either 5% or 10% will be applied depending on the product imported from...
By the middle of 2019, growth of labor productivity in «Perm pulp and paper company» group of enterprises exceeded 13%
August 25, 2019 ` 10:10
«Perm pulp and paper company» group of enterprises presented at the VI International forum of municipal practices, held in Chelyabinsk, the successful experience of the company’s participation in the priority program “Productivity and employment support”. Andrey Tretyakov, Director...
For 18 years Sveza has increased the volume of shipment of plywood in sea containers by 30 times
August 24, 2019 ` 09:30
July became for «Sveza» in Uralskiy as record month for the shipment of plywood in sea containers, the press service of the company. More than 350 units with plywood went to twenty foreign ports. Among these markets are...
Segezha Group will purchase two splicing lines for the production of wood structural beams and wall beams at Sokolsky DOK
August 22, 2019 ` 11:31
Segezha Group (part of AFK “Sistema”) will acquire two lines of splicing production of the Austrian-Slovenian company Ledinek to increase the production capacity of the Sokolsky woodworking plant in the Vologda region. The contract for the purchase of...
TechnoModel LLC realizes in the Tyumen region the large-scale investment project on processing about 300 thousand cubic meters of wood annually
August 21, 2019 ` 17:15
This was reported in a press release of the Department of forestry of the Tyumen region. According to the General Director of the company Marat Shakurov, “the project involves the creation of a modern timber enterprise with an...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation plans to increase revenues from ecological fee to 136 billion rubles
August 20, 2019 ` 23:30
According to Piter.TV channel as of August 19, 2019, at the moment, manufacturers have to dispose of 5-35% of the sold products or pay an eco-fee. The Ministry proposed to the government to increase the standards for manufacturers...
Sergey Furgal: “Pulp production is a promising direction for the development of the forest sector of the economy of the Khabarovsk territory»
August 19, 2019 ` 13:55
At the plenary session on Russian-Indian cooperation, the Governor of the Khabarovsk territory noted: “A promising direction for the development of the forest sector of the economy of the region can be the implementation of a project for...
In 2019, the capacity of the railway tracks of Ustyansky LPK increased
August 19, 2019 ` 00:55
Last year, the full load of the train took from two to three days. At the moment it takes no more than 24 hours. ULK group of companies is one of the key clients of JSC “Russian Railways”...
Belarusian Svetlogorsk pulp and board mill independently to complete the construction of a plant for the production of bleached sulfate pulp with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year
August 17, 2019 ` 21:45
The General meeting of shareholders of Svetlogorsk pulp and board mill JSC agreed on the procedure and order of completion of the contract construction contract dated 11 October 2010 made between Svetlogorsk pulp and mill JSC and Chinese...
