Woodworking

PMF (“First furniture factory”) belonging to entrepreneur Alexander Shestakov formed a joint venture (50/50) with the German furniture manufacturer Alno (belongs to Whirlpool concern), as reported by Delovoy Peterburg paper. During the year, the partners will invest €50...

Kronospan holding has launched Russia’s fourth OSB mill in in Egorievsk, Moscow region (after Hillman, Novovyatsky LK and DOK Kalevala) with a capacity of 350,000 m3, this is stated in the updated study by WhatWood agency “OSB market...

Entrepreneurs from Finland are interested in a monthly supply of 16,000 m3 of hardwood chips from Totemsky district of the Vologda region, this was discussed at the meeting of the head of the district Sergey Selyanin with potential...

First Vice-Governor of Primorsky region Vasily Usoltsev met with the Director of the Department for international development of the Japanese Iida Group Holdings Ishi Kumagai, as announced by the regional administration. The Japanese company intends to build a...

Turkish company Kastamonu Entegre, one of the largest global producers of wood-based panels, launched a large mill in the Alabuga special economic zone (Tatarstan) on 24 September. The volume of investments into the project amounted to $600 million,...

On 5 September, the official ceremony took place at the Boguchansky LPK mill in the Krasnoyarsk region. The first stage of the project, a sawmill line, came online. This plant is part of a major investment project, which...

The Russian government has made changes in the rules of granting subsidies to the forest-based enterprises for implementation of investment projects. The corresponding regulation #862 dated 27 August 2014 was published on the official website. Experts draw attention...

Asia-Les sawmill in Khabarovsk region will start production of pellets from sawmill wastes with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes by 2015. The company will also install a biofuel cogeneration CHP with electrical capacity of 4.5 MW and thermal...

Investments from abroad into the Russian forest-based industries are reducing, as the analytic service of WhatWood agency reported. In particular, the volume of foreign investments into the woodworking sector in the first quarter of 2014 fell by 42%...

WhatWood analytic agency published materials of the conference held on 12 May in the framework of Wood Guangzhou exhibition in China. Among the speakers were Chinese businessmen and officials, as well as Norvik Timber CEO Sampsa Auvinen and...

A resident of the Tomsk special economic zone, BioEco company, has recently patented a technology and has received the conclusion of the accredited testing laboratory on the conformity of green panels pressed with bio-glue to international standards. BioEko...

Vyborg Timber Corporation (VLK) temporary suspended pellet manufacturing due to overproduction, as the chief power engineer of VLK Dmitry Kan announced at the conference held by Infobio agency in St. Petersburg. The plant is the largest capacity in...