Pulp & Paper

In 2021 Arkhbum Tissue Group Ltd (IE Vorsino, Kaluga region, part of the Austrian Pulp Mill Holding Group of Companies) has significantly increased production and financial indicators compared to the corresponding period of the last year. At the...

In 2021, the output of Ilim Group corrugated box plants reached a record-high level of 282 million m² (131,000 tons). The Company has increased the output of corrugated board by 9% YoY. Over the last three years, Ilim’s...

In 2021, the volume of wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 11.5% YoY, reaching 2.042 million tons, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. The value of foreign supplies increased by 31.1% to...

According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 2021, the output of Russian wood pulp increased by 0.7% YoY to 8.8 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period by 6.7%...

Segezha Group purchased Taiga LLC and Yeniseyskiye Polya in the Krasnoyarsk Region from Rockwell Capital via Segezha Sibir, its subsidiary, in order to build a pulp and paper mill in Lesosibirsk, as reported by RBC referencing a Segezha...

Russian Timber Journal 11-2021: Metin Mete, General Manager at HAYAT Russia: “The whole market of paper tissue products is growing by an average of 5% a year”; U.S. has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber...

Valmet – an equipment producer from Finland – will supply a plant worth €23.6 million for technical upgrading of wood pulp production to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill. The mill is planning to implement a project on treating...

In late 2021, Hayat Kimya (Turkey), a part of Hayat Group, launched pilot production of paper tissue products with the capacity of 70,000 t per year in Kaluga Special Economic Zone. The final investment value reached 10 billion...

Upgrading and growing the existing processing facilities, as well as expanding the production infrastructure will affect all four company’s venues. The value of these investment projects in 2022 will reach 1.802 billion rubles for Podolsk branch of Arkhbum,...

Ilim Group is considering the possibility of making an IPO as one of the alternatives for company development; it is negotiating with banks to that effect, Interfax reports. “The decision has not been made and will depend on...

In January-November 2021, the volume of wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 10.3% YoY, reaching 1.873 million tons, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. The value of foreign supplies increased by 34%...

GLHU “Smorgon Experimental Forestry” opened a pellet plant with a capacity of 15,000 tons per year in the industrial park of FEZ “Grodnoinvest” in Smorgon. It is planned that all products will be exported.