Tag: plywood

Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the plywood production volume in Russia increased by 3.9% YoY in January–August 2024, up to 2.248 million m³. In August 2024, Russian mills produced 286,000 m³ of plywood, thus increasing...

Zheshart PBL commissioned a new plywood lamination line

A new plywood lamination line has been commissioned at the production site of Zheshart PBL (part of United Panel Group) in Komi. The new equipment that includes a 10-opening press for making large-sized 5×10 feet plywood is supposed...

China significantly increased supplies of Russian plywood in Q1 2024

According to China Customs, in Q1 2024 plywood imports totalled 86,550 m³, up 109% over the same period of 2023. Russia was the largest supplier of China’s plywood imports in Q1 2024. China’s plywood imports from Russia rose...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2024: Interview with Evgeny Peshin, Head of Neoparma LLC; a shortage of high-quality raw material for plywood may emerge in the Russian market; Segezha Group published its financial and operational performance results for Q4 2023; International Paper acquires DS Smith for $7.2 billion; Russian timber harvest reached 188 million m³ in 2023; built-in furniture may be included in the mortgage amount; in 2024, Ilim Group is planning to increase its product shipments to China to 2.4 million t; in 2023, investment in the Russian timber industry dropped by 4.8%, down to 188.8 billion rubles

Russian Timber Journal 03-2024: Evgeny Peshin, Head of Neoparma LLC: “Our line is designed for small and medium companies, and this category of entrepreneurs has no access to investment funds”; a shortage of high-quality raw material for plywood may emerge...

Russian plywood production increased by one-fourth in January 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian plywood production surged by 25% YoY in January 2024, up to 254,000 m³. Such a high growth rate was caused by extremely poor performance in January 2023 (203,000...

Tomlesdrev is planning to invest 5.5 billion rubles in plywood production in the Omsk Region

Tomlesdrev (Tomsk Region) intends to build two plywood mills in the northern parts of the neighboring Omsk Region. According to Evgeny Kovtun, Director General at Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk Region, the total value of...

Dmitry Zachko, CEO at Plitwood: “The domestic demand needs to be incentivized. This will increase the sales of high-quality products within the country.”

On September 22, 2023, Plitwood officially launched a plant producing large-sized plywood with a capacity of 180,000 m³ per year in Vokhtoga, a settlement in the Vologda Region. The investment value reached 12.5 billion rubles. The project was...

Production of Russian plywood increased in October 2023

The production of Russian plywood in October 2023 increased by 7.3% compared to the previous month, according to Rosstat. This figure is even more impressive compared to October 2022: +16.5%. However, in January-October 2023, plywood output is still...

Segezha Group launched a new woodworking center

Segezha Group continues to implement an investment project on increasing the capacity of Vyatsky Plywood Mill in Kirov, as reported by the company’s official Telegram channel. A new automatic woodworking center by Homag with numeric control for additional...

Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill and VLP Group have completed a major investment project on building a plywood mill in the Vologda region

On September 22, 2023, Plitwood officially started producing large-sized plywood at a facility with a production area of 45,000 m² in Vokhtoga settlement, Vologda Region, with a capacity of 180,000 m³ per year. As reported in the company’s...

In January-July 2023, plywood production in Russia decreased by 12.2%

According to Rosstat, the volume of Russian plywood production in January-July 2023 decreased by 12.2% YoY to 1.883 million m³. In July 2023, plywood mills produced almost 300,000 m³ of products, which is 3.1% lower than in the...

Plywood mill restoration is planned in the Vologda Region

The restoration of Kaduysky Plywood Mill (Kaduy settlement) will begin soon, says Svetlana Gracheva, Head of the Kaduy Municipal District. According to the official, Lokotrading LLC, the land area owner, applied to the Administration of the National Economic...