Timber industry research & analytics 
Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: interview with Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group; state support measures for the Russian timber industry affected by the sanctions pressure; China reduced log imports from all the main suppliers in 2022; Vladimir Putin proposed to grant enterprises a deferment on forest area lease payments for unharvested timber; the Government of the Russian Federation increased the maximum amount of compensation for the expenses of timber enterprises for the transportation of their products; in 2022, Russia reduced the volume of logging by 13.5% to 194.6 million m³, according to Roslesinforg; Russian Railways resumed accepting sawn timber for export shipments through Kazakhstan; International Paper reaches agreement to sell ownership interest in Ilim joint venture; Segezha Group may reorient the Segezha West project to new products; the volume of furniture export from Russia dropped by 39% YoY in 2022, down to 29.5 billion rubles; Luzales and Slotex acquire Russian assets of IKEA
March 7, 2023 ` 15:24
Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group: “This is a good time to improve the efficiency of both production and administrative processes of enterprises”; support measures mentioned by the business, relevant agencies, regions, the Government...
A new corrugated packaging production site worth 4 billion rubles to open in Adygea
February 22, 2023 ` 22:29
As the press office of the head of Adygea reports, SFT Group is going to build a new corrugated packaging plant in an industrial park in the Takhtamukaysky district. According to the company’s management, the new enterprise will...
JSC Volga slightly increased output in 2022
February 22, 2023 ` 22:33
As the company’s press release states, the total output of the three paper machines of JSC Volga in 2022 totaled 309,000 tons, which is 5,500 tons more than in 2021. The figure includes over 70,000 tons of paper...
BCTMP by Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill is certified by the international ISEGA system
February 16, 2023 ` 18:12
Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill procured a certificate of the international independent testing institute ISEGA for its bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp (BCTMP). The ISEGA certificate confirms that this BCTMP complies with the international safety standards and requirements for foods,...
Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant will create a new corrugated cardboard production site with a capacity of 200 million m² in the Moscow Region
February 13, 2023 ` 18:58
Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant signed a land lease contract for one ruble per year within the import substitution support program effective in the Moscow Region. The investment in launching corrugated cardboard production will exceed 3.2 billion rubles. The...
Mondi Syktyvkar presented new brands of Projecta copy paper
February 13, 2023 ` 18:55
The company started producing paper under the new brand in the fall of 2022, but now the product’s packaging has been upgraded to include the brand name. The first grade’s packaging features burgundy color and “Ultra” marking; the...
Yuriy Ayvazov, CEO at Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill: a record-setting volume of timber was delivered to the mill in 2022
February 13, 2023 ` 16:21
Here are a few highlights from his interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta: In 2022, Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill received 200,000 m³ more raw material than planned. The company made a decision to increase the harvesting volumes due to several...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: interview with Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry; in 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low; North American companies continue to cut sawn timber production; the Government of Russia allowed transportation of roundwood and sawn timber to EAEU countries; in 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times and railway transportation, by 22%; over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023
February 9, 2023 ` 12:57
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry: “The Russian timber industry has degraded”; in 2022, the export of sawn timber from Russia dropped by 22% YoY, down to 23.5 million...
International Paper reaches agreement to sell ownership interest in Ilim joint venture
January 26, 2023 ` 11:38
International Paper announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 50% interest in Ilim SA, the holding company for its Ilim joint venture (JV), to its JV partners for $484 million equity value. The sale...
CPM company completed the acquisition of Firma Vesta LLC
January 23, 2023 ` 13:51
The enterprise will become part of Polotnyany Zavod Paper Manufacture, which will increase the output of corrugated cardboard, expand the range of products made from it and, in the future, become one of the leading domestic producers of...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: interview with Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the beginning of complex structural transformations; Lithuania tightens control over timber imports from Russia and Belarus; the Russian Government extended the increased rates of customs duties applied to exports of raw sawn timber until the end of 2025; plywood production in Russia fell to a ten-year low in 2022
January 19, 2023 ` 14:50
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group: “No effective state aid measures to support timber harvesting activities have been taken so far”; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the...
Russian authorities did not approve the sale of Mondi Syktyvkar
December 28, 2022 ` 18:51
RBC reports, relying on one of the bidders for the asset and a source in the government, that the Russian authorities have not approved the sale of Mondi Syktyvkar LPK – the main asset of Mondi, an Austrian...
