Tag: OSB

Russian Timber Journal 12-2019: in 2019, plywood production in Russia showed a positive trend; U.S. and China reach “phase one” trade deal; WRQ: Q3’19 global softwood lumber trade on track to be higher than 2018; Moody’s 2020 outlook for the global paper and forest products industry remains negative

Russian Timber Journal 12-2019: in 2019, plywood production in Russia showed a positive trend; U.S. and China reach “phase one” trade deal; WRQ: Q3’19 global softwood lumber trade on track to be higher than 2018; Moody’s 2020 outlook...

Russian Timber Journal 07-2019: Slowdown in Russian economic growth in H1 2019; for 5 months 2019, the EU has reduced the volume of import of pellets; Federal Forestry Agency: timber harvesting in the Russian constituent entities for 10 years; export of parquet from the European Union decreased; CEPI has published statistics on the securities industry for 2018

Russian Timber Journal 07-2019: Slowdown in Russian economic growth in H1 2019;  for 5 months 2019, the EU has reduced the volume of import of pellets; Federal Forestry Agency: timber harvesting in the Russian constituent entities for 10 years; export...

The investment project, the cost of which to 154.5 million rubles, launched in Primorsky Krai

The woodworking company “Zhunda” started production of OSB and plywood. The project was implemented under the agreement on investment activities in the free port of Vladivostok with Far East Development Fund JSC, 8 jobs were created, the number...

Wood-based panels consumption in Russia is at its peak, construction industry is in a state of uncertainty and furniture production has shown an increase of 30%.

Russia: wood-based panels market in 2018-2019 The consumption of wood-based panels in Russia in 2018 set another record in modern history and amounted to 12.9 million m3 (+12% YoY). The consumption growth was mainly driven by an increase...

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...

Kronospan has announced its plans to build an OSB production plant with the capacity of 280,000 m3 per year in Ukraine

As Interfax-Ukraine reports, the company is going to build an OSB plant on the existing particleboard production site in Novovolynsk (Ukraine). On April 25, 2019, the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will...

Investor SWISS KRONO Group intends to invest in the construction of a modern and the country’s largest wood processing plant in the Kostroma region more than 260 million euros

According to the press service of the Governor of the Kostroma region, the plant for the production of OSB, very popular in our country and abroad due to its environmental parameters and affordable cost, plans to release the...

Büttner will supply a second drying line for Norbord’s OSB plant in Scotland

The Canada-based Norbord OSB-manufacturing company will be installing a second drying line at its plant in Inverness, Scotland.  The order for the supply of a new drying line OSB and power plant was received by the company Büttner,...

By 2021, the country’s largest OSB plant with a capacity of more than 600 thousand cubic meters per year will be built in Sharia

The SWISS KRONO Group supported the proposal of the Governor of the Kostroma region Sergey Sitnikov to build a new largest wood processing plant in the country in Sharia. On February 06, 2019, the company’s intentions were confirmed...

In the Nizhny Novgorod region by 2021 intend to build a plant for the production of OSB

In the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin on December 20, 2018, the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin held a working meeting on the implementation of the investment project to create an industrial complex for the production of...

For the first time in history, Russian producers sold OSB trial supplies on the US market in 2017

OSB is mainly a North American product, its production and consumption in the US and Canada in 2017 amounted to about 20 million m3. The world market capacity is currently estimated at 32 million m3 (2017). CAGR for...

In 2017, wood-based panels consumption in Russia increased after two years of decline: OSB – driver of growth

Balance of the supply and demand of wood-based panels directly depends on the state of the economy and macroeconomic factors affecting the two main consumption segments: construction and furniture industry. Construction In 2017, Russia built more than 1.1...