Tag: new capacity

PMF and Alno to establish Russia’s largest kitchen furniture facility

PMF (“First furniture factory”) belonging to entrepreneur Alexander Shestakov formed a joint venture (50/50) with the German furniture manufacturer Alno (belongs to Whirlpool concern), as reported by Delovoy Peterburg paper. During the year, the partners will invest €50...

Kastamonu Entegre opened MDF and flooring plant in Tatarstan

Turkish company Kastamonu Entegre, one of the largest global producers of wood-based panels, launched a large mill in the Alabuga special economic zone (Tatarstan) on 24 September. The volume of investments into the project amounted to $600 million,...

Kraslesinvest launched a sawmill at Boguchansky LPK

On 5 September, the official ceremony took place at the Boguchansky LPK mill in the Krasnoyarsk region. The first stage of the project, a sawmill line, came online. This plant is part of a major investment project, which...

Asia-Les to build a pellet line in Khabarovsk region

Asia-Les sawmill in Khabarovsk region will start production of pellets from sawmill wastes with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes by 2015. The company will also install a biofuel cogeneration CHP with electrical capacity of 4.5 MW and thermal...

Stroy Investresurs LLC plans to build a bleached CTMP mill in Karelia

Stroy Investresurs LLC will build an enterprise for the production of bleached chemical thermomechanical market pulp (CTMP) in Karelia. The total cost of the project will reach €125 million. According to the information of the investor, CTMP is...

Brix & Kamp Energy to produce bioenergy boilers in Pskov region

A consulting and engineering company from Denmark, Brix & Kamp Energy, will start construction of a plant for the production of bioenergy boilers in June 2014 on the territory of the special economic zone Moglino in the Pskov...

Russian Timber Group to build a 95,000 t pellet mill

Russian Timber Group plans the construction of a plant for pellet production with capacity of 95 thousand tonnes per year in the village of Novaya Igirma (Irkutsk region). Pellet plant will be built on the existing site of...

Sonoco Alcore opened production of cardboard sleeves in Tula region

On March 14, Sonoco Alcore company opened the largest Russian plant for the production of spiral-wound cardboard sleeves. As Sonoco Alcore Russia director Maria Kyaune said in an interview to WhatWood, recycled cardboard for the production will be...

Investlesprom completed modernization at Sokolsky DOK worth €14.6 million

Russian timber industry holding Investlesprom has completed its investment project to build the further processing capacities at Sokolsky DOK in the Vologda region. Investments totalled at RUR 725 million (€14.6 million). The technological chain was updated almost completely:...

German Wolf System to build timber frame factory in Omsk region

In the spring of 2014, German company Wolf System will start construction of the factory for pre-fabricated timber frame houses in Omsk region. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of 2014. In 2015, it is...

Sveza to build a greenfield pulpmill in Vologda region

Sveza Group and the government of Vologda region have signed the agreement on implementation of an investment project. The project involves construction of kraft pulp mill on public-private partnership principles. Total investments into the construction of the mill...

Swiss Krono Group signed an agreement on OSB mill construction in Perm region

Perm region governor Viktor Basargin announced signing of agreement with Swiss Krono Group on the construction of a woodworking mill, as Kommersant-Perm paper reported. The rated production capacity was increased from initially planned 500 to 600 thousand tonnes...