Timber industry research & analytics 
Kama pulpmill started LWC paper production
December 13, 2013 ` 04:13
Kama pulp and paper mill has completed the testing of the line producing light-weight coated paper and started industrial production, Kommersant-Perm paper reported. The company has been testing production since May 2013. During this time, technologists have released...
CTS Invest called off its investments into Pitkyaranta pulpmill
December 13, 2013 ` 04:09
CTS Invest group cancelled its intention to invest €50 million in the development of Pitkyaranta pulpmill, says the Forest portal of Karelia. Previously, the company signed the agreement on repurchase of debt with the enterprise’s principal creditor, VTB...
Kondopoga pulpmill stopped two lines
December 5, 2013 ` 04:23
Kondopoga pulp and paper mill has stopped two paper machines, as said by the Forest portal of Karelia. Presently, PM3, 7, 8 and 9 are working. The mill production is loaded at 60%, spruce pulpwood stocks last week...
Import duty on bleached hardwood pulp will temporarily drop to zero since 1 January
November 28, 2013 ` 01:15
The Board of Eurasian economic community (regulatory body of the Customs Union, which includes Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) took a decision on establishment of the temporary zero import duty rate for some grades of semi-bleached and bleached hardwood...
Forest plantations to be established near Vologda for Sveza’s new PPM
November 21, 2013 ` 19:41
The development of timber industry cluster in Vologda region will require additional assistance of the Forestry Agency and establishment of fast-growing wood plantations for the new pulp and paper mill, said the governor of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov...
Sveza to build a greenfield pulpmill in Vologda region
October 16, 2013 ` 04:16
Sveza Group and the government of Vologda region have signed the agreement on implementation of an investment project. The project involves construction of kraft pulp mill on public-private partnership principles. Total investments into the construction of the mill...
WhatWood: Russia’s forest industry Top 100 profit margin declined to 1.38% in 2012
October 9, 2013 ` 14:23
In 2012, joint net sales of the 100 largest Russian forest industry companies that participated in the WhatWood rating declined by 0.87% to RUR 279.68 billion. Joint net profit of 94 companies of the rating who disclosed this...
Russian government approved Forestry Policy
October 2, 2013 ` 04:17
The final draft of the “Fundamentals of State Policy in the field of use, protection and reproduction of forests” was adopted by the Russian government at the session of September 23, as the Minister of natural resources and...
Baikal pulpmill stopped production
September 26, 2013 ` 04:44
Baikal pulp and paper mill has stopped production. According to the bankruptcy supervisor Alexander Ivanov, conservation of the enterprise is now being prepared. “In the near future the project of dismantling some of the buildings of the mill...
Experts discussed prospects of forest industry at the summit in Novosibirsk
September 19, 2013 ` 00:44
Novosibirsk hosted the international summit “Experience of the leading European companies in the wood processing industry” on September 10-13 in the framework of the International exhibition TEKHNODREV Siberia. The representative of the Finnish consulting company Indufor Allan Flink...
Bumprom association: Ural region is ideal for new pulpmills
September 19, 2013 ` 00:41
The internal market in Russia has a huge potential for development of the pulp and paper industry, as stated in an interview to “Russian Forestry News” by head of the analytic department of Bumprom association Yuri Lakhtikov. This...
Kagazy Recycling launched the first bleached board mill in Kazakhstan
September 12, 2013 ` 22:43
Kagazy Recycling experts announced the start of commercial production of mottled bleached board of BT-1 brand, which serves as a raw material for the production of corrugated products. Previously imported from Russia, mottled bleached board will now be...
