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Lesosibirsky LDK No.1 has completed procurement procedures for modernization equipment
December 15, 2021 ` 12:46
Lesosibirsky LDK No.1 JSC (Segezha Group) has concluded the entire scope of contracts for the supply of equipment to build new and modernize the existing production facilities at the mill. The cost of the equipment exceeds 3 billion...
Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO of Raute Corporation: “The Russian market has been among the most important ones for Raute over the past 10 years”
November 1, 2021 ` 19:53
Raute (Finland) is the world’s leading maker of plywood, veneer and LVL producing equipment. Most Russian plywood mills are equipped with Raute machines, and in H1 2021, Russia accounted for more than a half of the company’s sales....
ULK Group upgraded its green sawn timber sorting line at Pestovsky LPK
October 29, 2021 ` 22:38
The plant located in the Novgorod Region completed installation and setup of the cross-section measuring instrument at the raw sorting area of the sawmilling shop. The new equipment is supposed to improve the accuracy of sawn timber sorting...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2021: Interview with Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO of Raute Corporation; current situation in the roundwood market, industry’s opportunities and restrictions from 2022; Segezha Group agrees to acquire forestry assets in Siberia for $515 million; Ikea expects shortages due to supply-chain crisis until mid-2022; Oktyabrsky LZK is going to invest over 1 billion rubles to build a sawmill in the Irkutsk Region
October 28, 2021 ` 15:02
Russian Timber Journal 09-2021: Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO of Raute Corporation: “The Russian market has been among the most important ones for Raute over the past 10 years”; current situation in the roundwood market, industry’s opportunities and restrictions...
Automatic plywood sorting line installed at Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill
October 19, 2021 ` 12:54
The launch of a new automatic line will reduce the proportion of manual labor by 50% and increase the production efficiency. Investments in the project amounted to about 70 million rubles. Тhe key component of the new sorting...
Sveza’s facility in St. Petersburg resumes operation after scheduled equipment maintenance
October 8, 2021 ` 17:51
Sveza’s facility in St. Petersburg has completed its scheduled preventive equipment maintenance and is now back in operation. The full scope of maintenance — 16 types of activities, affecting almost the entire production process — required 2 weeks...
Microtec is going to install Finscan sorting systems at Pinezhsky LPK
July 29, 2021 ` 18:07
Finscan is an automatic sawn timber sorting system using Buzzard – an artificial intelligence-based application. Besides identifying wood defects, the system is capable of identifying knots and rot with high precision, improving the quality and output of produced...
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient
July 20, 2021 ` 22:38
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...
A new veneer surfacing-and-jointing line put into operation at Sveza’s mill in St. Petersburg
June 17, 2021 ` 16:44
The value of investments in the project amounted to about 50 million rubles. The new line is capable of “sewing” up to 10,000 m³ of veneer per year, which will increase the annual output of large-sized plywood. The...
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex
June 14, 2021 ` 21:06
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood
May 21, 2021 ` 21:27
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...
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...
