Timber industry research & analytics News 
WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.
A wooden Metsä pavilion for the 2020 Olympic Games will be built in Tokyo
February 7, 2019 ` 16:00
Metsä Group and Business Finland are joining forces in building a wooden Metsä pavilion to be used in Tokio during the Olympic games. The pavilion will be built on the grounds of the Finnish Embassy in the center of... 
In April 2019 in Syktyvkar engineering company K-BEG will open a biofuel plant
February 7, 2019 ` 14:00
This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of investment, industry, and transport of the Republic of Komi. “Now we are entering a new level of development and we are becoming biofuel producers ourselves,” said Artur... 
In 2018, in Buryatia, tax revenues from the forest industry increased seven times
February 6, 2019 ` 19:00
Tax revenues to the budget of Buryatia from the enterprises of the timber industry in the fourth quarter of 2018 increased more than seven times – from 5.9 million to 43.3 million rubles. On behalf of the head... 
The Ministry of natural resources of Russia tightens control over the appointment of sanitary cuttings. The bill provides for an increase in fines for officials
February 6, 2019 ` 16:00
The developed amendments to the Code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation relate to the establishment of administrative liability for the concealment of information about the sanitary and forest pathology or the inclusion of inaccurate information about... 
Lesosibirsk LDK №1 broke the record of January shipments of sawn timber over the past 10 years
February 6, 2019 ` 14:00
January 2019 became the most productive month since the beginning of the year for Lesosibirsk LDK No. 1 (Segezha Group, part of Sistema) in the last 10 years. This was reported by the press service of Segezha Group.... 
Based on the results of 2018, Segezha Group entered the TOP 50 largest Russian companies by corporate transparency rating
February 5, 2019 ` 19:00
According to the rating, Segezha group (AFK ”Sistema”) is ranked 42nd in the corporate transparency rating of the largest Russian companies. Only completeness of the information disclosed by the Russian Regional Network (RRS) for integrated reporting was evaluated... 
In the Central Federal district, more than 10 million hectares of forest lands were put on cadastral registration
February 5, 2019 ` 16:00
According to the Federal Forestry Agency, in the territory of the Central Federal district(CFD) work was carried out on the territory of the 164 forestries 15 constituents of the district. Now it is put on cadastral accounting and... 
In the Pskov region sawmill “Sudoma” begins production of brushed lumber
February 5, 2019 ` 14:00
The Sudoma sawmill (Dedovichi village, Pskov region)has put into operation a section of timber brushing. The capacity of the site allows monthly production of more than 300 m3 of finished products intended for export and for the domestic... 
By 2030, Udmurtia will become a center of deep processing of wood, by this time the volume of sales of unprocessed timber is planned to reduce by more than 90%
February 4, 2019 ` 19:00
In the North of Udmurtia will Glazovsky forest cluster. Its creation will help the social and economic development of the Northern regions of the Republic. An additional argument in favor of the formation of the Glazov forest cluster... 
About 30 billion rubles are invested in the only in Russia production of three-layer cardboard boxes of the international brand FBB at ”Kama”
February 4, 2019 ` 16:00
In the Perm region will be launched in 2020, Russia’s only production of three-layer cardboard box international brand FBB. The beginning of import-substituting production of cardboard at the pulp and paper mill (pulp and paper mill) “Kama” in... 
Sokolsky DOK will acquire an automatic line of splicing lamellas Ledinek worth up to 6 million euros
February 4, 2019 ` 14:00
In the Vologda region at the Sokolsky woodworking plant (Segezha Group, part of AFK “Systema”) continue to upgrade production facilities. This was reported by the press service of Segezha Group. At the end of December 2018, the company signed... 
For the first time in Russia, on the Vyatskiy plywood mill started production of plywood with embossing ”honeycomb” with elevated wear resistance and anti-slip
February 3, 2019 ` 19:00
Plywood with embossed honeycomb designed for floor coverings in light-duty commercial vehicles (LCV), storage facilities for use on playgrounds and sports venues, in the manufacture of boats and yachts and so forth this type of plywood is characterized... About WhatWood project
WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.
