Tag: equipment

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...

In wood-preparatory departament of JSC “Volga” it has ended the scheduled maintenance debarking drum

According to the head of the shop Nikolai Shaliavin, scheduled repairs of this scale are carried out not often – every 5-6 years. Within one and a half months (from January 14 to March 1, 2019), the contractors...

Global timber market review #5-2016

– Imports of structural laminated lumber to Japan has been over 700,000 m3 in the recent years, so the market seems to be established, ITTO reported. Meantime, the prices declined because of sluggish market in 2015. The demand...

Global timber market review #13-2015

– A new £100 million (€140.33 million) biomass terminal planned for the Port of Liverpool will handle up to three million tonnes of wood pellets per year as part of the decarbonisation of Drax power station. – Setra...

Russian timber industry news #6-2015

– On March 17, 2015, Lesozavod 25 commissioned a second pellet production line of 60,000 tons per year at its Tsiglomen site. – According to Karelia Pulp CEO Pavel Kalugin, growth of domestic lumber demand led to production...