Tag: equipment

Segezha Group is replacing parts for maintenance of European equipment at Segezhsky PPM

Segezhsky PPM is working on import substitution of spare parts and components for process equipment that have been purchased in EU countries earlier, according to the Telegram channel of Segezha Group, the mill’s parent company. One of the...

Segezha Group will install Russian equipment at sorting lines at Lesosibirsky LDK No.1

Lesosibirsky LDK No.1, one of the largest enterprises within Segezha Group in the Krasnoyarsk Region, started replacing the Almab plank quality assurance system at the dried sawn timber sorting line (by Almab Storvik AB, Sweden), says the Group’s...

JSC Volga is implementing an electronic system of patrolling process equipment

In April 2024, JSC Volga (Nizhny Novgorod Region) launched a pilot project on implementing an electronic system of patrolling process equipment and registering failures using mobile devices and NFC tags in the thermo-mechanical mass shop within the Reliability...

Zheshart PBL commissioned a new veneer peeling line

With the new equipment, the company intends to increase the production volume of lengthwise rotary-cut veneer and subsequently ramp up the output of lengthwise 8×4 size plywood, Proderevo reports. Some of the investment was provided as a loan from...

Japan imposes a ban on exports of woodworking equipment to Russia

Japan has imposed additional sanctions on Russia, prohibiting the export of 164 types of goods, according to the Ministry of Economy. The list includes woodworking equipment.

Russian printing houses may shut down due to a shortage of western equipment

Top managers of printing houses told Vedomosti that their companies were facing a shortage of equipment and spare parts because of the sanctions and the fact that producers from Europe, North America, and Japan were refusing to supply....

Equipment for MDF production will be VAT exempt

The list of equipment whose import will be exempt from the Value-Added Tax (VAT) now includes a line of equipment (including spare parts and components) required for MDF production. The corresponding Decree was signed by Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman...

PLPK LLC is going to upgrade the equipment at Gremyachinsky DOK

PLPK (Perm) is going to upgrade Gremyachinsky DOK and increase its sanded plywood output after receiving a loan of 65 million rubles from the Industrial Development Fund (IDF). The company is also going to produce boards for bed...

Valmet will supply €23.6 million worth of equipment to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill

Valmet – an equipment producer from Finland – will supply a plant worth €23.6 million for technical upgrading of wood pulp production to Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill. The mill is planning to implement a project on treating...

Sveza’s facility in St. Petersburg resumes operation after scheduled equipment maintenance

Sveza’s facility in St. Petersburg has completed its scheduled preventive equipment maintenance and is now back in operation. The full scope of maintenance — 16 types of activities, affecting almost the entire production process — required 2 weeks...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2019: volume of timber in Russia has exceeded in 2018 its historical peak; the WhatWood analytical review of the market pellet in Russia; China increased its imports of birch veneer logs; export OSB from Canada doubled; negative outlook Moody’s for the global timber industry complex in 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal No. 03-2019: the volume of logging in Russia exceeded its historical maximum in 2018; WhatWood Agency conducted a study on the pellet market in Russia; the downward trend in the export of unprocessed round timber...

By 2023 Koenig & Bauer, a German manufacturer of printing presses for packaging, plans to increase profits to 1.5 billion euros

According to Сlaus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO of Koenig & Bauer, “the growth of the cardboard, corrugated and flexible packaging markets will allow us to actively use the available opportunities. Therefore, by 2023, we plan to increase the company’s revenue...