Pulp & Paper

Top managers of printing houses told Vedomosti that their companies were facing a shortage of equipment and spare parts because of the sanctions and the fact that producers from Europe, North America, and Japan were refusing to supply....

Analysts from the Center of Macroeconomic and Regional Analysis and Forecasting at Rosselkhozbank estimate that the volume of the Russian packaging market may increase by 30% and reach 1.7 trillion rubles by the end of 2025. Eco packaging...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association: “Private housing projects are a market of cut-throat competition”; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export...

Sylvamo, the world’s paper company, is announcing it reached an agreement and completed the sale of its Russian operations to Pulp Invest Limited Liability Company for $420 million. After foreign currency exchange rates and transaction fees, Sylvamo received...

Large Russian timber companies have lately been purchasing design institutes to make them a part of their groups. Such institutes perform a series of design operations and render other services on renovation and greenfield construction of pulp and...

Dobroflot Group that specializes in canned fish production built a plant to produce cardboard packaging in Bolshoy Kamen (“Big Stone”) Advanced Development Territory within its own import substitution project, as reported on the company website. The investment value...

The city will provide a 2.4 ha area to the investor to build a production facility in Mitino District, according to the official website of the Moscow Mayor. The investment in the project is estimated at 1.6 billion...

The European Commission announced that the EU countries have approved the eighth package of sanctions against Russia. Additional restrictions include a ban on imports of wood pulp and paper from Russia. All imports of products from Russia, which...

The Industrial Development Fund (IDF) will provide Volga (the town of Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region) a preferential loan of 1.5 billion rubles, as the press office of the regional government reports. The loaned funds will be used for...

Huhtamaki has sold its operations in Russia to Espetina Ltd. Espetina is a holding company owned by Alexander Govor and Iury Kushnerov. The transaction includes four manufacturing units in Russia, employing 724 people. On April 14, 2022, Huhtamaki...

Glavgosexpertiza of Russia (General Board of State Expert Review) issued a positive opinion on the design documentation and the results of the site investigation for the construction of a pulp and paper mill in Boguchansky district of the...

The Government is introducing temporary quotas for the export of recyclable paper and cardboard (waste paper) that will apply from September 3 to December 3, 2022. The quota will be 30,000 tons. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of...