Woodworking

Russian Timber Journal 06-2024: Interview with Chongqing Chensen Timber, a Chinese sawn timber trader: “The supply of sawn timber currently exceeds the demand”; Rosleskhoz published final harvesting volumes performance by Russian regions: the Russian timber harvest has been reducing for...

Vladimir Mazur, Governor of the Tomsk Region, and the management team of Monolit-Stroy LLC (Latat trademark) signed an agreement on creating new production venues within the industrial cluster “Forest, Timber Processing, and Forestry Chemistry”, as reported by the...

In H1 2024, Vologda enterprises exported 636,000 m³ of timber, as reported by the Northwestern Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor. According to WhatWood, sawn timber accounts for most of the shipped product. The greatest amount (426,000 m³) was supplied...

Most of the company’s products are represented in the Chinese market, as shared by Segezha Group’s press office in the corporate Telegram channel. This is primarily sawn timber, for which China is in fact the key market, accounting...

A new plywood lamination line has been commissioned at the production site of Zheshart PBL (part of United Panel Group) in Komi. The new equipment that includes a 10-opening press for making large-sized 5×10 feet plywood is supposed...

In H1 2024, 3.3 million m³ of timber (roundwood and sawn timber) was hauled from the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Region under supervision of the regional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor). The...

The capacity of Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant will almost triple due to implementation of a new investment project on renovating the particleboard production venue, according to VLP Group’s official VKontakte group. The corresponding Agreement was signed between the...

Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant (a joint venture of VLP Group and Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Plant) launched a new MDF production line, as reported by VLP’s press office. With the new line, the plant will be able to...

Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group confirmed purchasing a 100% share of Russian assets previously owned by Metsä Group (Finland). The government commission and the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia approved the deal. The leasehold, harvesting operations, and a sawmill are...

Providing a land plot to Vozrozhdeniye LLC under the regional program “Land for 1 Ruble” has been approved. The investor will build an import substitution enterprise to produce woodworking equipment on the plot granted in the town of...

According to China Customs, in Q1 2024 plywood imports totalled 86,550 m³, up 109% over the same period of 2023. Russia was the largest supplier of China’s plywood imports in Q1 2024. China’s plywood imports from Russia rose...

With the new equipment, the company intends to increase the production volume of lengthwise rotary-cut veneer and subsequently ramp up the output of lengthwise 8×4 size plywood, Proderevo reports. Some of the investment was provided as a loan from...