Pulp & Paper

– The Russian market of laminate flooring in 2016 will remain on the last year’s level. According to the experts of Kastamonu, the total consumption of laminate flooring in 2016 will be about 80 million m2. “The stagnation...

– Ilim Group has announced the investment of $2 billion in development of its production facilities in the next five years. The company plans to increase annual output by 500 thousand tonnes during this time. – Chinese Hubei...

– Lesozavod 25 (Sawmill 25, Arkhangelsk region) is investing RUR 4.8 billion in the modernization of Arkhangelsk LDK-3 sawmill acquired in late 2014 from Rusforest. The project will be implemented until 2018 in two phases. The first one...

– MDF capacity at the Asino timber industry park (Tomsk region) is ready to launch. Total investments into the project will exceed RUR 32 billion, out of which RUR 20 billion are already invested. – Segezha Group holding...

WhatWood analytic agency has started preparation of the 5th annual review Russian Forest Industry in 2015-2016. As usual, at this time of the year we summarize the results of the past year and give the overview of the...

– Investment project of Vologodsky Les LLC worth RUR 800 million has been included in the priority list. The project entails establishment of plywood production in Vologda and woodworking complex in Verhovazhsky district of Vologda region. – Selenga...

– From 1 January 2016, the Russian government prohibited organizations under the jurisdiction of Turkey or controlled by citizens of Turkey to engage in a whole complex of works and services, including wood processing, construction, architecture and design....

– RusForest announced preliminary Q3 2015 production and sales results. Sales to the Japanese market grew, and prices increased slightly, however, overall sales volumes of both sawnwood and sawlogs decreased due to sustained unfavorable market conditions in the...

– Lesozavod 25 (Sawmill 25) has signed a contract for the supply of Springer and Linck equipment and modernization of the sorting and sawing line at the LDK-3 mill in Arkhangelsk. – The second phase of the Egger...

– On 25 September 2015, the opening of the first Russian plant of the German company PERI was held in Noginsk, near Moscow. PERI is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of formwork and scaffolding. The mill will...

– The Ministry of economic development has decided to ban the export of wastepaper from Russia for four months, as well as to reduce the rate of import duty on coated paper down to 5% for 1.5 years....

– RusForest announces plans to develop harvesting operations in its Ust-Ilimsk forest lease areas. The company has recently been subcontracting forest lease areas in Ust-Ilimsk for harvesting by third party. While the subcontracted volumes have been successfully increased,...