Timber industry research & analytics 
Pilomaterialy Krasnyi Oktyabr to launch new sawmill line in May 2013
January 17, 2013 ` 16:29
Perm, January 17. In May 2013, Pilomaterialy Krasnyi Oktyabr company (Perm region) is going to launch new sawmill line. Investments into the project exceeded 700 million Rubles (€17.4 million) and were mainly funded with state support. Sweden’s Söderhamn...
UPM to close and sell Pestovo mill site in Novgorod region
January 14, 2013 ` 11:45
Novgorod, January 14. UPM announces a production curtailment at its Pestovo sawmill in Novgorod region and begins negotiations with employees. The negotiations will affect all of the approximately 180 sawmill employees. Starting today, production at the mill will...
Investors and Novgorod authorities agreed upon €15-million composite board mill
December 19, 2012 ` 06:09
Novgorod, December 19. Investors and Novgorod region governor Sergei Mitin agreed upon plans to build a composite wood & cement board mill in the region for €15 million, as regional administration press service reported. The enterprise will produce...
Wood & cement board mill is to be build in Novgorod
December 13, 2012 ` 12:32
Novgorod, December 13. There are plans to build a wood and cement board mill in Novgorod region, as announced by vice governor Veronika Minina speaking in Amsterdam where she with Rabobank Group, Lesopererabatyvayushaya Innovatsionnaya Kompaniya and Eltomation, equipment...
Wood-polymer composite mill launched in Krasnoyarsk region
December 13, 2012 ` 12:28
Krasnoyarsk, December 13. A mill producing wood & polymer composite materials from waste is started in Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region. ‘’Wood & polymer casting is a new technology, and an environmentally friendly one, as it is a close-circuit method....
Belarusian president prohibited forest workers to quit their jobs until mill modernization is finished
December 4, 2012 ` 09:38
Minsk, December 04. Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko paid a visit to Borisovdrev mill and made a regulation to prohibit all the workers in the industry to quit their jobs until modernization of the state holding BelLesBumProm is finished....
FAO: Russian lumber production to grow by 3.5-4 million cu m by 2016
December 4, 2012 ` 05:25
Rome, December 04. Logging and production of lumber, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper will further grow in Russia until 2030, as predicted by the experts in a joint study made by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of United...
Hillman already started OSB deliveries from its mill in Vladimir – commercial director
November 30, 2012 ` 06:19
Vladimir, November 30. Test production of OSB at Hillman’s mill in Vladimir started as far as in summer of 2012, so first parchments are already being delivered to company’s partners, as Hillman Ltd. commercial director Vyacheslav Isakov said...
Sveza launched production of cut-to-size plywood at Ust-Izhora mill
November 26, 2012 ` 08:34
St. Petersburg, November 26. Ust-Izhora plywood mill (Leningrad region, belongs to Sveza Group) has launched new equipment to produce special cut-to-size plywood products. The new production site will enable to expand the range of products and to meet...
Head of Duma Forest Council: Russia’s accession to WTO will cause mill closures, but will help Russian loggers
November 20, 2012 ` 13:34
Moscow, November 20. Woodworking and pulp and paper mills will possibly go through massive closures after Russia’s accession to WTO, as predicted by former Vologda region governor, now Head of Forest Council in State Duma Vyacheslav Pozgalyov. Russian...
UNFCCC registered project of Lesozavod-25 converting wood waste into heat & power
November 16, 2012 ` 10:59
Arkhangelsk, November 16. The project of Lesozavod-25 CJSC (belongs to Titan Group) which entails converting bark waste for heat and power generation under Article 6 of Kyoto protocol is registered with No. RU1000409 by the Secretariat of UN...
Austrian Lukas Lang possibly to invest into house-building factory near Novgorod
November 12, 2012 ` 13:06
Novgorod, November 12. Austrian Lukas Lang company will possibly build its first mill in Russia that will produce prefabricated low-storey wooden housing, as regional press service reported. Perspectives of the project were discussed at the meeting of vice...
