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Pulp & Paper

News on Russian pulp and paper industry.

SFT Group launches new Kartontara-2 plant in Adygea

June 19, 2025 ` 10:33  
The Kartontara-2 plant, with an annual production capacity of 150 million square meters of corrugated products, has been built adjacent to the existing Kartontara facility (founded by LLC SFT Group), which is currently the largest producer in southern...

Arkhbum Tissue Group launches second phase of hygiene products plant

June 18, 2025 ` 16:03  
LLC Arkhbum Tissue Group (a subsidiary of JSC Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill) has commissioned the second phase of its tissue products manufacturing plant in the Kaluga Region, doubling its annual production capacity to 140,000 tons, according to...

Waste paper prices in Russia exceeded 20,000 rubles per ton

May 22, 2025 ` 19:40  
The value of waste paper in Russia has grown by more than 30% since the beginning of 2025, having surpassed the psychologically important level of 20,000 rubles per ton for the first time. Yury Markov, Director General at...

UniTekhUpak will increase the production of corrugated cardboard goods in the Moscow Region

May 22, 2025 ` 19:35  
Universalnye Tekhnologii Upakovki LLC (“Universal Packaging Technologies”, or UniTekhUpak) is planning to expand the production of corrugated cardboard goods in Klin, Moscow Region. This was reported by the press office of the region’s Ministry of Investment, Industry, and...

MoloPak started up a new production site worth 1.3 billion rubles in the Moscow Region

May 21, 2025 ` 17:16  
MoloPak started up a new production venue to make aseptic packaging in Chekhov, a town near Moscow, according to Interfax. Timur Guschin, CEO at MoloPak LLC, noted that the plant had already been producing packaging for 20 years....

Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill invested 3.5 billion rubles in upgrading its transport infrastructure

March 24, 2025 ` 10:55  
Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill conducted a large-scale upgrading of infrastructure of its entire logistics structure over two years, as reported by the corporate press office. The total value of investments was 3.5 billion rubles. Specifically, the mill...

Sveza acquired new assets in the cardboard and paper industry

February 17, 2025 ` 20:31  
Sveza announced the purchase of assets from MMPOF—a group in the Northwestern Federal District that produces cardboard packaging and special-purpose paper. This was reported in the timber group’s press release. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia approved the...

Denis Kumirov, Deputy Director General for Raw Material Provision at JSC Volga: “If our contractors were thinking about further development before, these Key Rate and leasing rate make it virtually impossible to buy anything”

February 14, 2025 ` 12:38  
JSC Volga is one of the largest paper mills in Russia. This enterprise specializes in producing lightweight and ultra lightweight containerboard and printing paper. In 2024, the paper mill completed several investment projects that include: repurposing of Paper-Making...

Government of the Russian Federation may introduce monitoring of packaging prices

January 9, 2025 ` 19:34  
Mikhail Mishustin, Russian Prime Minister, announced that inclusion of packaging in the list of products whose value is being monitored by the Cabinet of Ministers was under consideration, according to Forbes. He said that packaging materials “account for...