Timber industry research & analytics 
Over €12 million Plyterra will pay Raute for new equipment
May 14, 2019 ` 18:00
Raute received an order for more than 12 million euros from Plyterra JSC. The order includes drying lines and automatic repair of veneer, as well as lines for the set and lamination of plywood, which will be delivered...
Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; analytical study of WhatWood on the market of raw timber in Russia; decline in prices and volumes of trade in sawn timber on world markets; another record of China’s imports of round timber
May 14, 2019 ` 14:00
Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: Russian Timber Journal 04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; WhatWood’s interview with CEO of RFP Group Dmitry Valtfogel; disbalance between the demand and supply...
Russian customs officers stopped the illegal sale of valuable timber to China in the amount of more than $11.5 million
May 13, 2019 ` 13:30
Employees of law enforcement units of the Federal customs service of Russia, together with the Federal security service of Russia and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia exposed a group of people who organized in the Primorsky...
In the Pestovskiy timber industry complex it will launch a line for the cutting of thick timber
May 12, 2019 ` 12:30
All mechanical and electrical work completed, the press service of the GC “ULK”. In Мay 2019, the employees of the complex will start commissioning, after which the Brenta sawmill will reach its full capacity. Recall that the total...
In Q1 2019, Belarusian enterprises produced import-substituting products worth $135.4 million
May 11, 2019 ` 13:30
Enterprises of the concern “Bellesbumprom” in the first quarter increased production of import-substituting products by 9.1%. In January-March 2019, 25 organizations of the concern produced import-substituting products for $ 135.4 million, which is 9.1 % more than in...
Mondi invests €30 million into one of its most innovative factories for the production of corrugated packaging
May 10, 2019 ` 13:30
About €30 million will be invested in the modernization of the Mondi factory in Ansbach in southern Germany, including the installation of a modern corrugated unit, which is planned to be completed in 2020. This will allow the...
For Q1 2019, Volga JSC produced more than 60 thousand tons of newsprint
May 9, 2019 ` 11:30
According to the quarterly report of the company, the plant exceeded the production plan by 2 %, to 61 021 tons (net). The volume of manufactured packaging paper for 3 months. 2019 amounted to 3,539 tons (net) –...
In 2018, sales of products of RFP Group amounted to more than $200 million
May 8, 2019 ` 14:00
In an interview with WhatWood, Dmitry Valtfogel, CEO of RFP Group, said: “In 2018, we sold more than 200 thousand m3 of peeled veneer, more than 100 thousand m3 of sawn timber from high quality raw materials and...
In the Kostroma region they will create a new wood processing plant
May 5, 2019 ` 12:00
In the administration of the Kostroma region, it was decided to transfer the unused land plot of the Antropovsky district to the category of industrial land. On the site it is planned to build a new wood processing...
WhatWood: “In Russia, the period of construction of autonomous production of wood pellets ends”
May 4, 2019 ` 12:00
At the end of April, the head of the Republic of Komi Sergey Gaplikov and the commercial Director of ”Luzales” Ruslan Semenyuk discussed the implementation of a large-scale investment project for deep processing of wood with the creation of bioenergy...
By 2023 Metsä Group will invest about €2 billion in the development of business projects for wood processing
May 3, 2019 ` 16:00
Metsä Group continues to implement its strategy and begins preliminary development of engineering projects related to the construction of a new plant for the production of biological products in Kemi and a new sawmill in Rauma in Finland,...
Head of Rosleskhoz: “The quality of reforestation will change for the better”
May 2, 2019 ` 13:00
About this informed the head of the Federal forestry Agency Ivan Valentik in an interview on the TV channel “RBC”. “The area of forests in the Russian Federation is 1.2 billion hectares, of which, in order to harvest...
