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Segezha Group and Etalon Group initiated testing of CLT panels for making changes in building regulations

July 19, 2019 ` 23:58  
Segezha Group and Etalon Group (part of AFK ”Sistema”) initiated the process of finalizing the existing Russian standards for approval in the construction of administrative buildings and apartment buildings with the use of wooden structures, as well as...

The first prototype of the forwarder was created at the Amkodor-Onego plant in Karelia

July 18, 2019 ` 23:54  
This type of logging equipment is designed for the collection, loading and transportation of sorts and other round timber on the territory of cutting areas and logging roads, as well as for loading and unloading, sorting operations and...

Shalakushales LLC invested about 15 million rubles in the construction of the railway line and loading platforms

July 17, 2019 ` 23:27  
In June 2019, Shalakushales LLC (Nyandom district, part of the Titan Group of companies) started the construction of a railway line and loading areas with a coating of reinforced concrete slabs located along the branch, with a length...

New strategy: until 2028, Sveza will invest more than 1.5 billion rubles in its own logging

July 16, 2019 ` 13:43  
This year the company has registered a new legal entity – Sveza Resource  LLC , which allows to implement a pilot project of its own procurement in Totemsky and Tarnogsky districts of the Vologda region. Since the beginning...

From 2023, the Group of companies “ULK” will harvest 6 million cubic meters of wood

July 15, 2019 ` 13:53  
Since 2023, ULK Group of companies will harvest 6 million cubic meters of wood, process 4.5 million sawlogs and produce 900 thousand tons of pellets. This was stated by Vladimir Butorin, the owner of the Group of companies...

New investment project in the Kostroma region: more than 1 billion rubles will be invested in timber processing

July 13, 2019 ` 21:03  
The new enterprise will be created by combining the capacities of the logging company “Dom-Stroy” and the wood processing enterprise “GK Forest”. Plans to create a new timber industry complex Governor Sergei Sitnikov discussed with the owners of...

In Poland, Egger launched the 19th plant with a capacity of 650 thousand cubic meters of chipboard per year

July 11, 2019 ` 19:46  
June 28, 2019 in the Polish town of Biskupiec plant for the production of chipboards and laminated chipboards has been launched that will allow to substitute imports of particleboard in Poland, one of the largest countries-manufacturers of furniture...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log price index in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log...

In 2018, United Panel Group produced about 50 % of laminated wood boards

July 8, 2019 ` 12:43  
In an interview to WhatWood agency by the President of the holding company United Panel Group Igor Bekker spoke about the production results of the company in 2018: “Last year we produced 187 thousand cubic meters of plywood...

Otkritie Bank opened a credit line to ULK Group of companies in the amount of $725 million

July 7, 2019 ` 16:51  
The line is open for three years, until December 25, 2026. These funds will be used for current business and investment projects of ULK Group – the Russian largest timber procurement and production holding. For 2020, ULK Group plans...

Pestovskiy timber industry complex: the Brenta sawmilling line comes out on key performance indicators

July 6, 2019 ` 18:39  
This was reported by the corporate press service on July 05, 2019, for one shift about 70 cubic meters of sawlog are processed. The plans are to increase production capacity to 100 cubic meters per shift. Pestovsky LPK...

For 5 months of 2019 exports of products of the concern “Bellesbumprom” increased by 11.5% to $239.7 million

July 4, 2019 ` 23:52  
For the five months of 2019, the volume of production of industrial enterprises of the concern amounted to 646.8 million rubles, which in comparable conditions is 16.1% more than in the same period last year. Of the total...