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In March 2021, wooden housing construction in Japan decreased by 2.8% YoY to 39 thousand units
May 6, 2021 ` 15:33
In March 2021, new home construction increased by 1.5% YoY to 71.8 thousand units.
Russian customer receives Segezha Group’s first shipment of CLT panels
April 29, 2021 ` 18:59
In March 2021, the new Sokol CLT plant shipped Russia’s first mass-produced cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels to its first customer, a buyer in the Leningrad Region. The plant belongs to Segezha Group, a Sistema JSFC company. The CLT...
Ladozhsky DSK started producing CLT
April 26, 2021 ` 17:59
Ladozhsky DSK launched CLT production in the village of Avrovo (Leningrad region). The installed equipment was manufactured by Minda, a German company. Upon reaching the design capacity, the enterprise will produce products worth 19 billion rubles per year....
US housing starts move higher in March 2021
April 20, 2021 ` 17:43
A report released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed a substantial rebound in new residential construction in the U.S. in the month of March 2021. The Commerce Department said housing starts skyrocketed by 19.4% to an annual...
Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020
April 8, 2021 ` 17:03
Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...
Södra’s new facility for CLT will ten-fold production capacity
March 24, 2021 ` 17:59
The new facility is being built at the combined plant in Värö, north of Varberg, where Södra’s first CLT facility is located. The new facility is expected to be commissioned in mid-2022 – and it will get off...
US housing starts drop 10.3% in February 2021
March 22, 2021 ` 18:41
New residential construction in the U.S. showed a substantial decrease in the month of February 2021, according to a report released by the US Commerce Department on Wednesday, with housing starts extending the sharp pullback seen in the...
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an order from Siempelkamp
March 15, 2021 ` 16:57
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an...
In February 2020, new home construction in Japan decreased by 12.3% YoY to 63,1 thousand units
March 12, 2021 ` 11:43
Wooden housing construction decreased by 10.4% YoY to 35,8 thousand units.
The Russian Government to permit mortgages for wooden houses
March 9, 2021 ` 12:56
Victoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, announced this in her interview with NTV channel. The Deputy Prime Minister said that there are in total 65 enterprises in Russia that are engaged in the industrialized production of wooden...
Segezha Group launched the first industrial production line for CLT panels in Russia
March 1, 2021 ` 15:07
On 25 February, Mikhail Shamolin, the president of Segezha Group, visited Sokol in Vologda region to oversee the grand launch of the Sokol CLT plant (Segezha Group is a subsidiary of Sistema JSFC). The plant is the first...
U.S. housing starts fall in January 2021
February 20, 2021 ` 19:08
After reporting a sharp increase in new residential construction in the U.S. in the previous month, the US Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing housing starts pulled back by much more than expected in the month...
