Tag: production

DOK Kalevala is planning to resume production in H2 2025

DOK Kalevala, one of the largest OSB producers in Russia, is planning to restore the plant’s functionality in H2 2025. New equipment will be delivered to the enterprise this April. This was reported by the press office of...

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...

Russian producers of wood-based biofuel are shifting their focus to wood briquettes

According to a quick-look estimate by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), wood pellet production in Russia dropped by 16.4% YoY in H1 2024, down to 549,200 t. The greatest amount was produced in the Far Eastern Federal...

Russian furniture producers faced a growth of component prices

Domestic producers have faced a considerable growth of component prices for furniture production. This problem was discussed by participants of the V All-Russian Conference of Furniture Producers. The event was organized by the Association of Furniture and Woodworking...

Production of paper and paper goods is growing in Moscow

In January 2024, the production of paper and paper goods in the capital surged by 45.3% YoY, as reported by the Information Center of the Moscow Government referencing Vladimir Yefimov, Deputy Mayor for Economic Policy and Property &...

Furniture producers from the Kaliningrad Region are requesting to impose a bankruptcy moratorium

The Association of Kaliningrad Furniture Producers filed a request to Anton Alikhanov, Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, to impose a region-wide 1-year moratorium on initiating bankruptcy cases in relation to debtors from the furniture industry. Industry representatives note...

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...

Russian producers continue to report consistently high MDF/HDF sales

As of late December 2023, WhatWood estimates the Russian output of MDF/HDF and fiberboard in 2023 at 3.8 million m³ (+7% YoY), as reported in the monthly price review Market of Wood-Based Panels in Russia. This performance will...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: furniture production in Russia surged by 33% in 2023, up to 66.7 million pieces

Production of kitchen furniture (tables, cabinets, etc.) soared the most—by 81%. The output increased by 23% YoY in monetary terms, up to 438 billion rubles (it was 356 billion rubles in 2022). Furniture prices in the domestic market...

Komi started producing laminated MDF

A medium-density fiberboard plant in Zheshart, Komi, started producing laminated MDF. This is a new product and a new finishing material for the region as a whole. According to Vladimir Pelevin, Production Site Manager at Zheshart PBL, the...

Particleboard producers are trying to load their laminating facilities as much as possible

As of late December 2023, WhatWood estimates the 2023 particleboard output in Russia (including laminated particleboard) at 7.7 million m³ (+15 YoY). The annual utilization of production facilities was 86% (not counting non-operational facilities) compared to 74% in...

Half of wood pellets produced in Russia remains in the domestic market

According to WhatWood estimates, the wood pellet output in Russia was around 185,000 t in November 2023 and 1.7 million t over 11 months of 2023. The total 2023 wood pellet output in Russia will stay at the...