Tag: OSB

Demand for furniture boards exceeded the supply in October

In October 2023, a regular high furniture season came, which coincided with the relatively high demand for furniture boards that had persevered throughout the summer. However, if the demand matched the supply of boards in summer, now the...

A woodworking complex worth 8.5 billion rubles will be created in the Krasnoyarsk Region

Bazis LLC presented a priority investment project on creating a new production site that will make OSB, sawn timber, and wood pellets in Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Region, as reported by the press office of the Russian Forest National Association...

Siberia’s first OSB production venue opened in the Tomsk Region

Monolit-Stroy LLC (Latat brand) commissioned the first Siberian plant producing OSB with a capacity of 250,000 m³ near Tomsk, as reported by Tomsk Advertising and Information Agency. The investment value exceeded 6.5 billion rubles. The equipment was supplied...

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 plywood production down 3.2% in January 2022

In January 2022, plywood production in Russia decreased by 3.2% YoY to 345,000 m³, according to Rosstat. Fibreboard production (including MDF/HDF/flooring) increased by 7.3% YoY to 62.5 million conventional m², the production of particleboard (including OSB) increased by...

Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia

Mega Smart, a producer of furniture from particleboard and MDF from Kazakhstan, intends to build an OSB production plant in Bashkortostan, Rustam Muratov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Bashkiria Government, declared. According to him, the new enterprise’s...

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...

Russia produced a record amount of plywood in 2021

Russian plywood production in 2021 increased by 6.8% YoY to 4.5 million m³, according to Rosstat. Prior to this, 2019 was a record year, when Russian plywood production amounted to 4.1 million m³. Also in 2021, the production...

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...

A new OSB production facility costing 340 million rubles will open in the Tomsk Region

Sibboard LLC will invest 340 million rubles in OSB production in the Seversk Priority Social and Economic Development Area (Tomsk Region). Aspen and birch will account for 90% of wood in the product. 44 jobs are supposed to...

3.8 billion rubles will be invested in OSB and glued wooden structures production in the Vologda Region

BioLesProm is planning to build a woodworking enterprise for 3.8 billion rubles in the Verkhovazhsky District of the Vologda Region. The investment project that received a priority status includes commissioning an OSB production site with the capacity of...

Russia increased wood-based panels production in January-October 2021

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-October 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 7.8% YoY to 3.7 million m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 14.5% YoY to 611...