Tag: Ilim Group

Russian timber industry news #10-2016

– The Russian market of laminate flooring in 2016 will remain on the last year’s level. According to the experts of Kastamonu, the total consumption of laminate flooring in 2016 will be about 80 million m2. “The stagnation...

Russian timber industry news #7/8-2016

– Ilim Group has announced the investment of $2 billion in development of its production facilities in the next five years. The company plans to increase annual output by 500 thousand tonnes during this time. – Chinese Hubei...

Russian timber industry news #12-2015

– On 5 June 2015, Arkhangelsk PPM started the equipment of the new hemicellulose plant in the start-up & commissioning mode. The technology used for this production is one of the variations of kraft cooking process. – Martin...

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...

In 2014, lumber output in Arkhangelsk region remained at 1.5m m3

The expected volume of wood harvesting in the Arkhangelsk region, according to the preliminary results of 2014, will be 11.5 million m3, which is slightly more than last year, said the head of the regional forestry at the...

Ilim Group inaugurated world’s largest softwood pulp line

On June 19, Ilim Group has officially inaugurated its new pulp mill in Bratsk (Irkutsk region), the largest investment project completed in the Russian pulp and paper industry over the last 30 years and the world’s largest softwood...

New Ilim Group’s softwood line in Bratsk produced first market pulp

New line of Ilim Group at its mill in Bratsk (Irkutsk region) produced its first volume of market pulp. This is the key stage of Big Bratsk project of the company. Within next six months, the line will...

Ilim Group’s new PM at Koryazhma mill produced first paper

Arkhangelsk, March 06. Ilim Group’s new papermaking machine at Koryazhma mill in Arkhangelsk region, built as a part of Big Koryazhma investment project, produced its first paper on March 03. During the coming weeks, Ilim Group’s specialists, supported...

Enterprises of global forest industry leaders in Russia

In this new piece of visual graphics we tell about production capacities of global forest industry leaders in Russia. A detailed article on the matter is available in the recent issue of our WhatWood Weekly. Click on the...

Ilim Group made 2.58M tons of pulp & paper products in 2012

St. Petersburg, February 12. Ilim Group reported full-year 2012 production results. Company’s mills in Siberia and the Russian Northwest manufactured over 2.58 million tons of pulp and paper products. Production at Koryazhma mill in Arkhangelsk region increased 4%...

Ilim Group revealed details of the start of its coated paper production

St. Petersburg, December 13. Ilim Group held a meeting with representatives of Russia’s largest printing offices and distributors of print media and paper products in order to familiarize them with the progress on construction of the first coated...

Ilim Group Reports on Its Manufacturing Performance for First Six Months of 2012

Over the first six months of 2012 OJSC Ilim Group’s locations have manufactured 1,275,000 tons of pulp and paper products, which is slightly more than it was produced in the same period of 2011, the company reported. The figures...