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A plant for value-added veneer logs processing is supposed to be built in the Sverdlovsk Region (Russia)

October 27, 2020 ` 13:01  
The plant will be built in the Krasnoufimsk Municipal District within two years. The enterprise is supposed to process 100,000 m³ of veneer logs per year. The Sverdlovsk Region, the Perm Region and Bashkiria are going to be...

WhatWood Agency has completed an update to its annual survey Plywood market in Russia 2019-2020

October 27, 2020 ` 11:25  
In 2019 plywood production in Russia did not change significantly compared to 2018 and was at the level of 4 million m³. Softwood plywood is produced by two factories located in Siberia – Ilim Timber in Bratsk and...

Russia is launching subsidized lending for wood processing

October 26, 2020 ` 17:38  
At a meeting on forest industry development and decriminalization, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an instruction to launch subsidized loans for small and medium-size businesses starting from 2021, so that they could re-equip production sites and create value-added...

Sveza Verhnaya Sinyachiha is upgrading production capacities

October 26, 2020 ` 19:19  
The plant is implementing several projects at once within an investment program. The value of investment in upgrading production capacities and improving work conditions will exceed 50 million rubles in Q3 2020. A new German-made drum chipper has...

VMG opened one of the largest particle board factories in Europe

October 21, 2020 ` 18:04  
In September 2020, a record breaking greenfield investment in Lithuania has been presented in Akmenė – “Vakarų medienos grupė” officially opened one of the largest particle board factories in Europe, with the investment reaching a total of EUR...

Top 100 Russian timber industry companies by revenue and share

October 20, 2020 ` 18:43  
Based on the results of 2018, the combined revenue of the Top 100 timber enterprises skyrocketed to the highest level in Russia’s contemporary history. The main reasons were high prices for timber products in global markets that sustained...

Raute receives EUR 55 million order in Russia

October 20, 2020 ` 16:24  
Raute Corporation has received orders worth approximately EUR 55 million from Russia’s LLC Plitwood. The scope of orders includes all machinery and equipment for the production process of an entire plywood mill and also services related to the...

Chinese imports of logs drop sharply in 1H 2020

September 10, 2020 ` 12:22  
China’s log imports fell sharply in 1H 2020 to 24.51 million m³ valued at US$3.558 billion, down 60% in volume and 62% in value from the same period of 2019. Of total log imports, softwood log imports fell 61%...

Stora Enso invests in a new CLT production line in Czech Republic

September 10, 2020 ` 11:20  
Stora Enso has decided to invest approximately EUR 79 million in a new production line for cross laminated timber (CLT) at its Ždírec sawmill in the Czech Republic. Production is scheduled to begin during the third quarter of...

Stunning Vietnamese wood product exports in 1H 2020

September 8, 2020 ` 18:18  
According to Vietnam Customs, at the end of June 2020, wood and wood product (W&WP) export revenues amounted to US$4.903 billion, 4% up compared to the same period of 2019 and 22% higher than in May. The W&WP...