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In St. Petersburg, the largest Congress in Russia on biofuels is held

March 19, 2019 ` 16:00  
From March 19 to March 20, 2019, in St. Petersburg is held “Biofuel Congress” is Russia’s largest international business event in the biofuel industry. More than forty speakers will make presentations at the conference. They will share their...

In the Kostroma region, January 2019 was marked by an increase in the growth rate of production of wood products

March 19, 2019 ` 14:00  
According to the press service of the Governor of the Kostroma region on March 18, 2019, in January 2019 there was an increase in the growth rate of production at most leading industrial enterprises of the Kostroma region....

Investor SWISS KRONO Group intends to invest in the construction of a modern and the country’s largest wood processing plant in the Kostroma region more than 260 million euros

March 18, 2019 ` 14:00  
According to the press service of the Governor of the Kostroma region, the plant for the production of OSB, very popular in our country and abroad due to its environmental parameters and affordable cost, plans to release the...

Russian Timber Journal №02-2019: why invest in fastest-growing forest plantations in New Zealand; forest products exports from Russia in 2018 and State Duma has drafted a ban on logs export till 2035

March 16, 2019 ` 17:21  
DANA Limited, a New Zealand consulting company, together with WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency are planning to organize a joint conference on the Russian and global timber industry in 2020. We talked with Dennis Neilson, Founder of DANA...

Dennis Nelson: “Investing in the forests of New Zealand would be fantastic for Russian companies”

March 16, 2019 ` 17:32  
DANA Limited, a New Zealand consulting company, together with WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency are planning to organize a joint conference on the Russian and global timber industry in 2020. We talked with Dennis Neilson, Founder of DANA...

In Tyumen they supported the implementation of the project for the production of wood-sand-polymer composite

March 15, 2019 ` 16:00  
According to the press service of the West Siberian innovation center, on March 12, 2019, at the first expert Council Of the Technopark this year, experts evaluated seven developments. Honorary resident status of business incubator has received four...

In January-February 2019, the number of forest products transactions on the Belarusian universal commodity exchange increased by 63 %

March 15, 2019 ` 14:00  
BelTA informs about this with reference to the Press Secretary of the Belarusian universal commodity exchange Roman Yaniv. The largest share in the exchange turnover fell on the section of forest products, which since the beginning of the...

American manufacturer of sawmill and woodworking equipment Wood-Mizer announces the expansion of production in Indiana

March 14, 2019 ` 19:00  
According to the corporate press service, Wood-Mizer announces plans to expand its production facility in Batesville, Indiana. The expansion project, which is scheduled to begin in March 2019, will increase production areas by 53 thousand square feet. Wood-Mizer...

In wood-preparatory departament of JSC “Volga” it has ended the scheduled maintenance debarking drum

March 14, 2019 ` 16:00  
According to the head of the shop Nikolai Shaliavin, scheduled repairs of this scale are carried out not often – every 5-6 years. Within one and a half months (from January 14 to March 1, 2019), the contractors...

In 2023 ULK group will open advanced sawmill production

March 13, 2019 ` 19:00  
In 2019, the active construction of a new plant for deep processing of wood begins in the village of Karpogory, the corporate press service reports. Since 2020 delivery of equipment and necessary equipment is planned. In 2023, an...

The Ministry of natural resources of Russia has developed a mechanism for priority obtaining of forest resources by Russian enterprises

March 13, 2019 ` 16:00  
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry on March 12, 2019. A special feature of the new procedure for the provision of forest plots is that wood processing enterprises are no longer traded at auction...

Segezha Group certifies deliveries and logging on FSC and PEFC systems

March 13, 2019 ` 14:00  
In 2018 all businesses Segezha Group (part of AFK “Sistema”) confirmed the compliance of its activities to the requirements of the voluntary forest certification according to FSC scheme (FSC-C133272). About it reported in a press release sent months...