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Ilim Timber announces its production results for the six months
September 3, 2012 ` 00:01
For the six months ended June 30, 2012 Ilim Timber produced 1 258 791 cubic meters of wood products. Production volume increased 21% compared to same period of 2011. Total output of sawn timber on Ust Ilimsk Sawmill (Russia), Ilim... Perm region governor said Kama pulpmill has billions of debts
August 30, 2012 ` 17:44
Permregion governor Viktor Basargin made a visit toKamapulpmill and said the premises have gloomy look, while the mill has billions of debts. According to Basargin, Investlesprom holding is not very transparent in the mill rehabilitation procedure, so the... Novator plywood mill installed new veneer reparation line
August 30, 2012 ` 17:42
Novator plywood mill (Velikiy Ustuyg, belongs to Sveza Group) installed new veneer reparation line made by Raute (Finland). COO of the mill, Vladimir Pelevin, said that this new line will cut costs in veener production threefold and improve... Investlesprom: MDF, HDF and fiberboard demand started to grow earlier than expected
August 30, 2012 ` 17:40
Demand for MDF, HDF and fiberboard in 2012 started to grow earlier than expected. This was the result of financial and operation problems at some companies earlier, as said by Board & Lumber division director of Investlesprom Dmitriy... Second Take
August 30, 2012 ` 17:35
Austrian Binderholz company that gave up plans to construct a mill in Kem (Karelia) in early 2012 is now going to build a new enterprise on the base of Kondopoga wood-exporting mill LLC, as company’s representative Georg Braun... Baikal pulpmill opened new job offers
August 19, 2012 ` 16:31
On August 14, Baikalsk pulpmill management cancelled the regulation on layoff of all workers and announced new job offers at the mill. As bankruptcy manager Aleksandr Ivanov said, the personnel were not provoked and carried on with the production. If... Arkhangelsk pulp & paper mill increased board production by 2%
August 19, 2012 ` 16:27
Arkhangelsk pulp and paper mill (Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region) increased production of board and paper for corrugation by 1.8% in the first half-year, up to 242,300 tons, corporate press service reported. Fiberboard production increased by 18% to 3.5 million sq m.... Lesozavod-2 sales fell fourfold in H1 2012
August 19, 2012 ` 16:24
Sales of the only woodworking capacity of Continental Management company, Lesozavod-2 (Arkhangelsk), fell considerably in the first half-year. Compared to a year-ago figures, sales decreased … times to … million roubles, the company said. In Q2 compared to Q1, sales grew... Verkhneketskiy LPK announced its possible bankruptcy
August 19, 2012 ` 16:20
Chief Executive of Verkhneketskiy LPK mill Vladimir Shatalin announced possible bankruptcy due to high railway tariffs. He said that competition in railway transportation so far influenced forest industry negatively. ‘’Several years will pass until the market becomes stable and consumption... Dyatkovo-DOZ boosted net benefit fourfold
August 19, 2012 ` 16:17
Net benefit of Dyatkovo-DOZ mill (Bryansk region) increased four times in the first half-year up to … million roubles. Sales increased by …% to … million roubles. Dyatkovo-DOZ makes white and laminated particleboard, furniture, decoration paper as well as synthetic... Net benefit of Mondi Syktyvkar decreased one third in H1 2012
August 16, 2012 ` 23:40
Net benefit of Mondi Syktyvkar OJSC (Republic of Komi) decreased by …% to … billion roubles (€… million) in the first half-year compared to H1 2011, according to the quarter report. Sales grew by …% to … billion roubles (€… million).... Altai communists accused Altailes of illegal logging
August 16, 2012 ` 23:38
Communists of Altai region accused Altailes holding of illegal logging in Egoryevskiy forest reserve. Acccording to local communists, Lebyazhye Les LLC which belongs to the holding is breaking Forest and Conservation codes. Wood deliveries to Rubtsovsk LDK mill increased several times,... 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.
