Woodworking

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-May 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.6% YoY to 12.2 million m³.

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-May 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 16.2% YoY to 1.9 mln m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 26.7% YoY to 293...

Segezha Group, as part of its plywood production development strategy, is investing in the Vyatsky Plywood Mill capacity expansion project. The company has upgraded existing equipment, and new units have been selected for installation. The design is almost...

The Belarusian woodworking company Ivatsevichdrev intends to make more particleboards and furniture. The plans were discussed during a working trip of Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko to Ivatsevichi District, Brest Region. Ivatsevichdrev specializes in making particle boards....

The value of investments in the project amounted to about 50 million rubles. The new line is capable of “sewing” up to 10,000 m³ of veneer per year, which will increase the annual output of large-sized plywood. The...

As the Kommersant newspaper reports, Segezha Group is going to invest 6 billion rubles to increase the production capacity of its plant in Kirov to 255,000 m³ of plywood per year. The production site is scheduled to be...

The funds are intended to facilitate the development of the timber industry in the region. Starting from 2021, timber enterprises will be provided with soft loans for the purchase of industrial and harvesting equipment and the construction of...

The Russian manufacturer of upholstered furniture is ready to start construction of the production facility at the end of 2021. The investments will amount to over 500 million rubles. It is estimated that the tax revenues will exceed...

Sveza Mill in Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha, Sverdlovsk region, has started an investment project related to reconstruction of raw material heating ponds. The reconstruction program covers fourteen ponds of a production site and is divided into four stages and is...

In March 2021, the company signed a contract for the supply and installation of three drying tunnels with a capacity of 300,000 m³ of dry sawn timber per year. It is also planned to supply three lines of...

After some waffling by suppliers, sharply decreased sales volumes, and strong push-back from customers, this week the wholesaler price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr, for the week ending June 11,...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...