Tag: CLT

Segezha Group started shipping laminated beams and CLT from Sokol to China

In December, Segezha Group made the first shipment of laminated beams and CLT to Chinese customers. The train with two containers of laminated beams (105 m³) and two containers of CLT panels (100 m³) has already arrived in...

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

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...

Segezha Group starts selling apartments in the first CLT houses in Russia

Segezha Group is officially starting selling housing in the first Russian high-rise CLT buildings. These are one-room and two-room apartments with an area of 48–63 m² in two four-storey buildings of Sokoliki Housing Estate in the town of...

Segezha Group obtained a Kazakhstan certificate for its CLT panels

The certificate confirms compliance with the safety requirements of the republic. Margarita Lee, Vice President of Segezha Group, notes that obtaining such certificates in Kazakhstan will facilitate the implementation of large projects with the participation of government agencies...

Segezha Group will build a multi-storey building from CLT in the Irkutsk Region

VEB.RF, together with Segezha Group, is implementing a project for the construction of a wooden multi-storey residential building in Baikalsk, Irkutsk Region, Interfax reports. The customer is VEB.RF, the design is carried out by Bazis LLC (part of...

In Russia, the widespread introduction of multi-storey wooden housing construction will be ensured

The Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia have approved an Action Plan (roadmap) for the development of wooden housing construction for the period up to 2024. The document provides for the organization of...

Russian Timber Journal 02-2022: interview with Jean-Francois Guilbert, Managing Director of FrenchTimber; survey of WhatWood clients on 2021 performance and prospects for 2022; how anti-Russian sanctions will affect the Russian timber industry; Government of the Russian Federation articulated support measures for the timber industry; ULK Group suspends construction of Pinezhsky LPK; some foreign timber companies suspend their activities in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 02-2022: Jean-Francois Guilbert, Managing Director of FrenchTimber: “Sawn timber prices have been stable for 20 years so they’re catching up now”; WhatWood surveyed its clients — actors in the Russian timber industry market – in order...

Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation discussed the industry’s acute issues with the biggest wood-based panels producers; Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus; U.S. homebuilding increased to a nine-month high in December 2021; Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia; sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the biggest producers of wood-based panel products from Russia discussed their industry’s acute issues and potential solutions with high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade; the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of...

Russian Timber Journal 11-2021: Interview with Metin Mete, General Manager at HAYAT Russia; U.S. has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber; U.S. homebuilding surged to an eight-month high in November 2021; Government of the Russian Federation approved the purchase of 75% of RFP Group by a Japanese investor; Russian Railways reports a significant reduction of timber cargo export from Russia in December

Russian Timber Journal 11-2021: Metin Mete, General Manager at HAYAT Russia: “The whole market of paper tissue products is growing by an average of 5% a year”; U.S. has decided to almost double the duties on Canadian softwood lumber...

Segezha Group announced a project of first multi-storey houses made of CLT panels in Russia

Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group, announced at “Russian Forest” 26th International Forum and Exhibition that the Group was going to build a residential estate of two four-storey houses in Sokol, Vologda Region, for their employees’ families. The...

Segezha Group introduces CLT to the European market

The Sokol CLT plant located in Vologda Oblast is the first Russian enterprise to pass the European Technical Assessment (ETA) on product performance. The ETA of the plant has been conducted by the Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering...

Pfeifer successfully completes the second expansion stage at the CLT plant in Schlitz

The cross laminated timber plant of the Pfeifer Group, which went into operation at the beginning of 2020, is doubling its capacity to 100,000 m³ annually this year as planned. In order to increase the joinery performance and...