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Ormatek will start producing furniture and mattresses in the Rostov Region
August 28, 2023 ` 16:53
Ormatek, a company producing and selling sleeping goods, is planning to start making mattresses and furniture in the Rostov Region by the fall of 2023, as was announced at the Innoprom Forum in Yekaterinburg. According to the Investment... 
Mikhail Mishustin announced the need to create new pulp & paper mills in Russia
August 28, 2023 ` 16:25
The Russian timber industry needs to upgrade its facilities for more value-added wood processing, which specifically involves creating modern pulp & paper mills, declared Mikhail Mishustin, Russian Prime Minister, at the Innoprom 2023 exhibition. Only a few large... 
30 regions have completed entering forest borders in the Unified State Register of Immovable Property
August 28, 2023 ` 11:18
Roslesinforg analyzed data from the Unified State Register of Immovable Property for current information on borders of forestry units and identified the 30 most disciplined regions that were the first to complete this procedure, thus implementing the corresponding... 
VLP Group shipped the first batch of sawn timber to India
August 25, 2023 ` 18:57
Four containers of sawn timber produced at VLP’s woodworking plants were shipped to India for the first time, reports the corporate press office. According to Andrey Fialkovsky, Director for Sales of Sawn Timber and Biofuel at Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki... 
Kama presented new coated cardboard for the pharma industry
August 24, 2023 ` 17:30
A company from the Perm Region produced the first test batch of coated cardboard for pharmaceutical packaging. The new product named KAMA Pharma was successfully tested at the graphic arts printing facility of one of the market’s leaders... 
Almost every fifth Russian saves money for furniture after buying real estate
August 24, 2023 ` 17:24
According to a study by Yandex.Realty, buying an apartment forces 32% of respondents to start saving money primarily for renovation, 29% begin to think about traveling, and 18% of the surveyed start saving for furniture. For this reason,... 
In January-July 2023, sawn timber production in Russia decreased by 9%
August 24, 2023 ` 13:09
The volume of Russian sawn timber production in January-July 2023 decreased by 9% YoY to 17 million m³, Rosstat reports. In July 2023, sawn timber production decreased by 2.6% (+0.3% YoY) compared to the previous month. 
In January-July 2023, plywood production in Russia decreased by 12.2%
August 24, 2023 ` 12:50
According to Rosstat, the volume of Russian plywood production in January-July 2023 decreased by 12.2% YoY to 1.883 million m³. In July 2023, plywood mills produced almost 300,000 m³ of products, which is 3.1% lower than in the... 
Segezha Group increased paper bags output at its plant near Moscow
August 23, 2023 ` 11:41
Segezha Packaging (Lobnya, Moscow Region) ramped up the production of consumer paper bags. In 2022, the enterprise produced 52.5 million pieces, while the 2021 output was 29.8 million pieces. In H1 2023, Segezha Packaging made 35.2 million pieces.... 
Technonicol purchased a timber enterprise in Belarus
August 23, 2023 ` 11:35
Technonicol closed the deal on purchasing SWOODS Export, a subsidiary of VMG Group (Lithuania) in Borisov (Minsk Region), as reported by the corporation’s press office. The company is considering the possibility of implementing technologies for production of planed... 
Rosleskhoz: illegal harvesting reduced by 36% in Russia over 6 months of 2023
August 23, 2023 ` 11:33
The top 5 regions by illegal harvesting reduction are the Irkutsk Region (a reduction by 46,000 m³), the Amur Region (by 22,100 m³), the Tyumen Region (7,500 m³), the Sverdlovsk Region (by 7,000 m³), and the Zabaykalsky Region... 
Plywood mill restoration is planned in the Vologda Region
August 22, 2023 ` 16:40
The restoration of Kaduysky Plywood Mill (Kaduy settlement) will begin soon, says Svetlana Gracheva, Head of the Kaduy Municipal District. According to the official, Lokotrading LLC, the land area owner, applied to the Administration of the National Economic... 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.
