Woodworking

Bashkirskiy Les (part of GazResurs Group) is planning to build a new plywood mill with 6,000 m³ annual capacity in the Uchalinsky District. The investment project is going to cost 235 million rubles. 130 new jobs will be...

Murom started implementing its large investment project in 2018. The total investment value reached 7 billion rubles; the design capacity is 230,000 m³ of product per year. OSB production began at the company as early as in November...

According to Madison’s Lumber Reporter, in the week ending july 16, 2021 the wholesaler price of benchmark softwood timber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was $555 ($359/m³), reaching the minimum value since the beginning of the...

Segezha Group has begun a full upgrade of equipment at Onega LDK, the Company’s wood-processing asset in Arkhangelsk region. The project will be completed over a period of 2.5 years and will receive investment totaling more than RUB...

Industrial Development Fund approved a loan of 129.9 million rubles for Orion LLC. The company is going to purchase new equipment and expand its operating plywood and curved parts production under “Leasing” program. The enterprise capacity is going...

More than RUB 100 million has already been invested in the plant’s modernisation. Moving forward, the company plans to expand its production capacity and secure further investments to the tune of RUB 350 million. The details of the...

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1H 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.7% YoY to 14.8 million m³.

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 1H 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 15.4% YoY to 2.3 mln m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 25.7% YoY to 355...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...

In June 2021, prices for wood-based panels continued growing in the Russian market of construction materials. According to “Market of Wood-Based Panels in Russia” review, OSB made by Kronospan became 58% more expensive in retail compared to last...

The European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia. Individual duties are set for four Russian manufacturers: 15.7% for Vyatsky FC (part of the Segezha Group) and the Russian...

In January-May 2021, the volume of sawn timber exported from Russia reduced by 3.9% YoY and totaled 8.78 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The value of foreign sawn timber shipments from Russia...