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.
Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza: “The period when the demand for birch plywood surpassed the supply in the available markets is over. The approach to sales changed too.”
August 17, 2023 ` 16:20
WhatWood agency talked to Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza, to learn how the world’s largest birch plywood producer has rebuilt its product sales processes almost a year after the European market became virtually unavailable. The group includes... 
Russian timber exporters were able to reimburse up to 80% of their costs of product transportation via sea ports in the Northwestern Federal District
August 16, 2023 ` 16:30
The Government of the Russian Federation adopted a decree that stipulates government support for transporting timber industry products via sea ports located in the Northwestern Federal District. Under the decree, timber exporters will be able to reimburse up... 
Russian plywood output increased in June 2023
August 16, 2023 ` 16:21
The Russian plywood output volume reduced by 16.4% in H1 2023, down to 1.585 million m³, as reported by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). It should be noted, however, that in June 2023, the plywood output grew... 
Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: interview with Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza; in 2022, Russian timber harvesting volumes dropped to the lowest level in the last 9 years; Russian timber exporters were able to reimburse up to 80% of their costs of product transportation via sea ports in the Northwestern Federal District; Federation Council suggested introducing prohibitive duties on furniture and paper from unfriendly countries; Essity has exited the Russian market; Luzales plans to open new plywood plant in the Omsk region; Russian plywood output increased in June 2023
August 16, 2023 ` 15:53
Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza: “The period when the demand for birch plywood surpassed the supply in the available markets is over. The approach to sales changed too.”; According to the Rosleskhoz, in 2022, the... 
Södra invests in AI company
August 14, 2023 ` 15:38
Södra Ädla is a new partner of Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA). The company develops next-generation operator support systems for forest machines based on sensor technology from autonomous vehicles and AI algorithms. The investment is done together with Sveaskog... 
Luzales plans to open new plywood plant in the Omsk region
July 27, 2023 ` 17:36
Luzales, one of the largest timber enterprises in the Komi Republic, will build a plywood plant in the Omsk region with a capacity of 60,000 m³ per year. The volume of investments is estimated at 1.5 billion rubles,... 
Essity has exited the Russian market
July 19, 2023 ` 11:24
The hygiene and health company Essity has completed the divestment of its operations in Russia for a purchase price of approximately SEK 1.2 billion on a cash and debt-free basis. Essity has thus exited Russia. Essity began work... 
Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: interview with Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group; regional authorities ask to support the Russian timber enterprises due to the persisting tense situation in the industry; the Government of the Russian Federation extended the list of checkpoints along the land border with Kazakhstan authorised to process exports of timber products; Ilim Group became the largest timber harvesting enterprise in Russia in 2022; VLP Group to invest 2.6 billion rubles in Hasslacherles’ former enterprise; Segezha Group sold its European paper packaging enterprises for €100 million; L-PACK to invest over 10 billion rubles to build a corrugated cardboard plant in the Moscow region
July 7, 2023 ` 12:59
Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group: “We are witnessing a serious imbalance between the freight traffic flows and the availability of transport means”; the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies (AOSD) held an expanded meeting of... 
Anton Zebants, CEO of VLP Group: “Timber enterprises need more prompt measures of government support”
July 5, 2023 ` 16:10
Anton Zebants, a person with extensive management experience in the forest sector, was appointed the new CEO of VLP Group (Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki) at the end of January 2023. He had been the manager of the EGGER Drevprodukt... 
L-PACK to invest over 10 billion rubles to build a corrugated cardboard plant in the Moscow region
July 5, 2023 ` 15:56
L-PACK company, with the support of the Moscow Region Development Corporation, will build a production facility in Kashira SEZ; as reported by the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region, the enterprise will comprise a... 
Pervaya Mebelnaya Fabrika to open a furniture factory in St. Petersburg worth 1.1 billion rubles
July 5, 2023 ` 15:28
As Kommersant Newspaper reports, Pervaya Mebelnaya Fabrika CJSC will build a production site to design and produce innovative furniture products in St. Petersburg. At the first stage of the project, the company is going to start producing interior,... 
Ilim Group became the largest timber harvesteing enterprise in Russia in 2022
July 3, 2023 ` 15:20
According to data of Roslesinforg, the amount of timber harvested in Russia decreased by 13.5% YoY to 194.6 million m³ in 2022, of which 37.1% (72.1 million m³) was accounted for by the twenty largest harvesting enterprises (the... 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.
