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Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association: “Private housing projects are a market of cut-throat competition”
December 1, 2022 ` 12:38
The segment of Russian wooden housing construction has been growing actively over the past few years. In that time, wooden structures have been used in a greater share of private housing projects, according to industry experts. The market...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Interview with Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export of sawn timber; EU bans imports of wood pulp and paper from Russia; Egypt imports Russian plywood at record-setting rates; over 9 months of 2022, Russian plywood output reduced by a fourth; Segezha Group reviewed the priority of building new pulp and paper mills in Karelia and the Krasnoyarsk Region; Russian printing houses may shut down due to a shortage of western equipment
November 30, 2022 ` 17:44
Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association: “Private housing projects are a market of cut-throat competition”; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export...
US housing starts hit 18-month lows
August 18, 2022 ` 13:21
Construction of new US homes hit 18-month lows in July, according to Commerce Department data on Tuesday that suggested that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve were boosting mortgage rates that in turn were strangling the property...
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
June 27, 2022 ` 17:01
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...
Russian Timber Journal 02-2022: interview with Jean-Francois Guilbert, Managing Director of FrenchTimber; survey of WhatWood clients on 2021 performance and prospects for 2022; how anti-Russian sanctions will affect the Russian timber industry; Government of the Russian Federation articulated support measures for the timber industry; ULK Group suspends construction of Pinezhsky LPK; some foreign timber companies suspend their activities in Russia
March 30, 2022 ` 17:55
Russian Timber Journal 02-2022: Jean-Francois Guilbert, Managing Director of FrenchTimber: “Sawn timber prices have been stable for 20 years so they’re catching up now”; WhatWood surveyed its clients — actors in the Russian timber industry market – in order...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation discussed the industry’s acute issues with the biggest wood-based panels producers; Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus; U.S. homebuilding increased to a nine-month high in December 2021; Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia; sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia
February 22, 2022 ` 23:47
Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the biggest producers of wood-based panel products from Russia discussed their industry’s acute issues and potential solutions with high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade; the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of...
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...
