
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...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2025: Interview with Henric Endoff, CEO of AGENDA Business Development AB; OSB price trends in Russia: a five-year market overview in 2019–2024; Plywood production in Russia reaches highest level since February 2022; In 2024, members of the AMDPR received preferential loans from the Industrial Development Fund totaling over RUB 2 billion; Arkhbum Tissue Group launches second phase of hygiene products plant; SFT Group launches new Kartontara-2 plant in Adygea; Segezha Group raises RUB 113 billion through additional share issue to reduce debt load; Cesar-Invest has officially rebranded as Taiga Group
June 18, 2025 ` 15:48
Russian Timber Journal 05-2025: Interview with Henric Endoff, CEO of AGENDA Business Development AB; OSB price trends in Russia: a five-year market overview in 2019–2024; Plywood production in Russia reaches highest level since February 2022; In 2024, members of the Association of...

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....

Russian Timber Journal 04-2025: Interview with Stanislav Serov, Russia Business Development Director at EGGER; Russian timber industry performance in 2024: WhatWood’s version; Russian timber harvest increased by 3.4% YoY in 2024, up to 194.3 million m³; plywood production in Russia grew by 1.9% in Q1 2025; MoloPak started up a new production site worth 1.3 billion rubles in the Moscow Region; waste paper prices in Russia exceeded 20,000 rubles per ton; record-breaking amount of paper and cardboard was produced in Russia in March 2025
May 19, 2025 ` 18:05
Russian Timber Journal 04-2025: Stanislav Serov, Russia Business Development Director at EGGER: “We have intentionally reoriented our sales from furniture factories to professional distribution”; Russian timber industry performance in 2024: WhatWood’s version; Russian timber harvest increased by 3.4% YoY in...

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...

Russian Timber Journal 01-2025: Interview with Denis Kumirov, Deputy Director General for Raw Material Provision at JSC Volga; Sawn timber production in the global market is reducing for the third year in a row — WhatWood analysis article; Businesses asked to postpone the introduction of FGIS LK by three months; Sveza acquired new assets in the cardboard and paper industry; Kappa Rus purchased Okulovka Paper Mill; VLP Group will invest over 2 billion rubles in upgrading LDK No. 3; Production of plywood in Russia increased by 5.1% in 2024; SFT Group will invest 20 billion rubles in corrugated cardboard production in Adygea; Volga started up PMM6
February 13, 2025 ` 16:29
Russian Timber Journal 01-2025: 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”; Sawn...

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...