Woodworking

Segezha Group put up for sale Medvezhyegorsky LPH — a sawn timber production plant located in Medvezhyegorsk, Karelia).  The holding estimates its asset at 102 million rubles. The total land plot area exceeds 172,000 m², the production capacity...

The coronavirus situation slowed down some activities but the work at company’s plants never stopped, Valentin Rozhok, Director General at Luzales LLC, reports. “We are continuing construction and startup of new facilities. An area for dry sawn timber...

Mikhail Gavrilov owns a 55% share. The remaining 45% belongs to Yulia Bagieva, niece to Anatoly Serdyukov, report several federal-level mass media. Since 2015, Mikhail Gavrilov has owned a share in Karelia Pulp LLC (the largest Russian exporter...

Kastamonu plans to launch on the market a line of laminate flooring of 34 class of wear resistance, the press service of the company reports. Previously, the manufacturer’s product range was represented by laminate flooring only in the...

Sveza started producing craft-coated plywood popular in the USA. The new product called SVEZA Paint Kraft — plywood designed to be painted — will reduce the waste of surface preparation time by 70% and paint consumption, by up...

Setra is expanding its range of construction timber with a major investment in new planed products. Production will soon begin at the new planing mill in Hasselfors, Sweden. “Wood is the building material of the future and we...

A new scarfing line designed by Austrian-Slovenian Company Ledinek Engineering has become operational at Sokolsky DOK of Segezha Group (part of PJSC Sistema) in the Vologda region. The line capacity is 25 m³ of laminated products per hour....

In June 2020, WhatWood Analytics Agency completed its annual analytic survey Plywood Market in Russia 2019-2020. Here is the summary and key conclusions. In 2019, plywood production in Russia basically remained at the last year’s level of 4...

Metadynea is the largest Russian producer of synthetic resins for wood boards. The scope of construction industry, which is one of the biggest consumers of petrochemicals and gas-to-chemicals products, may drop by almost 50% in 2021 and its...

On June 11, 2020, overhaul of process flow 2 producing fiberboard was completed at the plant owned by Plitny Mir LLC (located in Emva, Komi). In three weeks, a large scope of work was implemented to repair, do...

The situation of the European sawmill industry was analyzed by its representatives on June 10 during the first online general meeting of the European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS). The effects of the coronavirus pandemic obviously determined...

Holmen signed an agreement to acquire Martinsons, one of Sweden’s leading players in sawn and processed wood products. The purchase price is SEK 1.0 billion ($110 million) for 100 per cent of the shares. The acquisition will almost...