Pulp & Paper

Moscow, April 11. Bumprom (Russian association of pulp & paper companies) has created a new NGO, League of Wastepaper Processors. An article by its president Andrew Guryanov posted at the website (liga-pm.ru) explains the mission and goals of...

Helsinki, April 10. Sales of UPM in 2012 reached €10.44 billion, which is 4% higher on-year. However, operating profit of the company declined by 22% to €530 million, as reported in the annual report of UPM. Log prices...

Petrozavodsk, March 13. Arbitrage court of Karelia regarded Kondopoga mill’s request on bankruptcy on March 06 and approved to introduce bankruptcy administration at the mill, with Andrei Yenkov appointed external mill manager. Liabilities of the mill exceed 13...

Russian forest industry earned 733.6 billion Rubles (€18.46 billion) in 2012, which is 6.5% higher than in 2011, as said in the annual report published by WhatWood analytic department. Sales profit amounted to 52.88 billion Rubles, which is...

Arkhangelsk, March 06. Ilim Group’s new papermaking machine at Koryazhma mill in Arkhangelsk region, built as a part of Big Koryazhma investment project, produced its first paper on March 03. During the coming weeks, Ilim Group’s specialists, supported...

Moscow, March 04. Arrangers of Russian Wood & Timber 2013 conference have published the detailed list of speakers at the forum. This year the programme of the forum underwent considerable changes. The first day will be a Wood &...

Moscow, February 28. The Bank of Moscow finalized sale of 100% of Kama pulpmill which was owned via Investlesprom holding, as Perm edition of Kommersant newspaper reports. Quoting kartoteka.ru website, the paper states that Kama pulpmill was sold on...

In this new piece of visual graphics we tell about production capacities of global forest industry leaders in Russia. A detailed article on the matter is available in the recent issue of our WhatWood Weekly. Click on the...

London/Johannesburg, February 21. Revenue of Mondi Group in 2012 amounted to €5.8 billion, compared to €5.74 billion a year ago, the company said in its full-year report. “Continued strong profitability resulted in a return on capital employed (ROCE)...

Arkhangelsk, February 21. The board of Arkhangelsk pulpmill appointed Dmitry Zylyov as new Chief Executive of the company. Since 2004, Mr. Zylyov has held the position of Director, Economy and Finance. In his new position Mr. Zylyov will...

St. Petersburg, February 12. Ilim Group reported full-year 2012 production results. Company’s mills in Siberia and the Russian Northwest manufactured over 2.58 million tons of pulp and paper products. Production at Koryazhma mill in Arkhangelsk region increased 4%...

Petrozavodsk, February 05. Karelia governor Aleksandr Hudilainen announced that Bank Sankt-Peterburg was chosen as investor for troubled Kondopoga pulpmill. “We will be crediting the pulpmill, but we are not going to enter this business”, bank’s press service told...