Timber industry research & analytics News 
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Stora Enso builds pilot facility for packaging foam material
August 28, 2020 ` 17:11
Stora Enso will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Fors Mill in Sweden. The sustainable... 
Kama PPM started producing base paper for wallpaper production
August 27, 2020 ` 18:38
The company’s press office informs that papermaking machine No. 7 of Kama PPM (Krasnokamsk, Perm region) produced the first batch of base paper for wallpaper production weighing 80 g/m². New products in batches of 40, 100, and 160... 
UPM to restructure several paper businesses
August 27, 2020 ` 18:02
To ensure future competitiveness of UPM Communication Papers, UPM announces plans for permanent closing of UPM Kaipola paper mill in Finland, sale of UPM Shotton paper mill in Wales and streamlining Communication Papers business function teams. In addition,... 
SCA intends to invest in pulp production and initiates consultations to discontinue publication paper
August 26, 2020 ` 18:43
SCA intends to invest SEK 1,45bn (US $165 million) in the production of chemically pre-treated thermo-mechanical pulp (CTMP) at the Ortviken paper mill in Sundsvall. In parallel, SCA is initiating consultations with trade unions and employee representatives to discontinue... 
Wood processing enterprises to pay tens of millions of rubles for the damage to the soils of the Krasnoyarsk region
August 26, 2020 ` 18:16
Inspectors of the regional Ministry of Ecology and Rational Use of Natural Resources have checked the compliance of wood processing enterprises with environmental legislation. The auditors visited Boguchansky and Yemelyanovsky districts and inspected Medeo, Tigman, Zhunghesheng, ProfSibLes, and... 
Binderholz wins Klausner Lumber One auction
August 25, 2020 ` 18:13
The Austrian binderholz Group, based in Fügen, acquired all the assets of Klausner Lumber One LLC, based in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida, at the auction on August 21st. With the bid of 61 million US dollars received,... 
Vostochny wood processing plant put into operation in the Amur region
August 25, 2020 ` 17:52
Implementation of the project made it possible to create a modern production facility ensuring the full cycle of processing wood raw materials (including waste) into finished products. The wood processing facility is located in the village of Isa... 
VTK Invest to launch the production of biofuel
August 24, 2020 ` 17:00
The Industrial Development Fund (IDF) has approved a loan of 99 million rubles to VTK Invest LLC (Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia), the press service of the IDF reports. With its help, the company plans to launch the production... 
Onega Sawmills to increase shipments of finished products by faster container trains
August 24, 2020 ` 16:26
Onega Sawmills will switch to shipments by faster container trains by the end of 2020. It is expected that the new logistics concept will accelerate the turnaround of specialized chip carriers and reduce transport costs per product, while... 
Small enterprises are mastering OSB production. Interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer
August 21, 2020 ` 17:40
The issues of effective disposal of waste from harvesting, woodworking, and value-added wood processing have been particularly topical for Russia in the post-Soviet period. Today, more and more small Russian enterprises are opening their own board production facilities, thereby... 
Japan significantly reduced imports of Russian veneer logs
August 21, 2020 ` 15:44
The Russian government has been promoting wood processing in the Russian Far East region and log export duty has been raised step by step, which reduced supply of larch logs for plywood manufacturing in Japan. The duty was... 
Novy Sever LPK LLC to invest 366 million rubles in the construction of a timber enterprise in the Perm region
August 20, 2020 ` 11:56
The initiator, Novy Sever LPK LLC, intends to invest about 366 million rubles in the construction, the project is expected to be implemented by 2023. The new production facility is designed as an integrated full-cycle enterprise: harvesting, processing,... 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.
