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Segezha Group will build a multi-storey building from CLT in the Irkutsk Region

July 12, 2022 ` 16:41  
VEB.RF, together with Segezha Group, is implementing a project for the construction of a wooden multi-storey residential building in Baikalsk, Irkutsk Region, Interfax reports. The customer is VEB.RF, the design is carried out by Bazis LLC (part of...

In Russia, the widespread introduction of multi-storey wooden housing construction will be ensured

July 12, 2022 ` 12:27  
The Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia have approved an Action Plan (roadmap) for the development of wooden housing construction for the period up to 2024. The document provides for the organization of...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2022: interview with Alexander Shangin, CEO, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group; roaring demand in 2021 caused a consumption/supply imbalance in the Russian MDF/HDF market; Rosleskhoz urges for reduced liability of forest users operating LesEGAIS; plywood production continues to decline in Russia; Valmet’s withdrawal from Russia is progressing; Rehau to withdraw business in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 05-2022: Alexander Shangin, CEO, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group: “Substantial assistance to systemically important federal-level enterprises is currently non-existent”; roaring demand in 2021 caused a consumption/supply imbalance in the Russian MDF/HDF market; Rosleskhoz urges for reduced liability of forest users...

US housing starts rose more than expected in February

April 15, 2022 ` 18:56  
Construction of new homes in the US rose in February more than reversing a decline registered the previous month according to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Housing starts increased 6.8% in February over January, to a...

Wooden house kits will be produced in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

February 4, 2022 ` 19:02  
The Council on Land and Property Relations of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region approved assigning an area to Forami LLC that intends to build a production plant for value-added wood processing and start making house kits....

An investment project on comprehensive private housing development using MHM technology began in Yakutsk

February 2, 2022 ` 23:49  
The project is implemented by the Republic Mortgage Agency. By the end of 2021, 5 individual residential wooden houses will be built in Yakutsk by the German MHM (Massiv Holz Mauer) technology. 27 more houses like that with...

Sakhalin Engineering will open a new house kits production venue in the Khabarovsk Region

February 2, 2022 ` 23:53  
Sakhalin Engineering will start producing house kits by the wall frame technology in 2022, on some of the premises of Khabarovsk Shipbuilding Yard, as reported by the press office of the Governor and the Government of the Khabarovsk...

Segezha Group confirms the quality of its CLT panels by obtaining the Conformité Européenne (CE) certificate

January 10, 2022 ` 19:55  
The Sokol CLT plant belonging to Segezha Group has successfully passed Conformité Européenne certification for its cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The CE certificate was obtained after a field audit performed by employees of HolzForschung Austria, the largest Austrian...

VTC Inok will increase its sawn timber and three-layer boards output by 2.3 times

December 27, 2021 ` 18:18  
The total production capacity will reach 80,000 m³ of sawn timber and 600,000 m² of boards per year. The total project budget is 42.3 million rubles, of which 23.3 million rubles can be provided by IDF as a...