Tag: Segezha Group

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...

Segezha Group completes RUB 14.6 billion investment project in Karelia

Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (a subsidiary of Segezha Group) has completed an investment project in the field of forest development. Segezha PPM started the project in 2016. Between 2016 and 2020, the investor fulfilled all of its...

Segezha Group increases plywood production capacity

Segezha Group, as part of its plywood production development strategy, is investing in the Vyatsky Plywood Mill capacity expansion project. The company has upgraded existing equipment, and new units have been selected for installation. The design is almost...

Segezha Group to increase the capacity of Vyatsky Plywood Mill by a third

As the Kommersant newspaper reports, Segezha Group is going to invest 6 billion rubles to increase the production capacity of its plant in Kirov to 255,000 m³ of plywood per year. The production site is scheduled to be...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...

Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a state-of-the-art pulp and paper industrial complex

On June 3, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021), Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group (a Sistema company), and Arthur Parfenchikov, Head of the Republic of Karelia, signed a letter of intent for the implementation...

Segezha Group plans to consolidate 100% of CJSC Novoyeniseiskiy LHK

On May 20, 2021, as a part of the phased consolidation of the assets of CJSC Novoyeniseiskiy LHK , Segezha Group signed an agreement on the acquisition of a minority stake in Tegli Holdings Ltd holding a 100% stake in...

Segezha Group opens sawtimber carrier navigation along the Volga-Baltic waterway

The White Sea-Baltic Canal officially opened for navigation to the NWFD (North-Western Federal District) timber harvesting branches of Segezha Group, a Sistema company, on 20 May 2021. Previously, the navigation season also started along the Volga-Baltic Waterway and...

Segezha Group sends its first container train to China from Arkhangelsk region

On May 21, 2021, for the first time in its history, the Arkhangelsk region-based Onega Sawmills (Segezha Group PJSC, a subsidiary of Sistema PJSFC) has sent a high-speed container train along the Onega—Grodekovo—Ganzhou Guojigang (China) route. Sixty-two forty-foot...

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood

Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...

The navigation season begins at Segezha Group enterprises in Krasnoyarsk region

On April 29, 2021, the proprietary fleet of the Lesosibirsky LDK No.1 JSC launched its vessels as scheduled, after a winter break and some maintenance work. In this navigation period, the Plant plans to receive a total of...

Russian customer receives Segezha Group’s first shipment of CLT panels

In March 2021, the new Sokol CLT plant shipped Russia’s first mass-produced cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels to its first customer, a buyer in the Leningrad Region. The plant belongs to Segezha Group, a Sistema JSFC company. The CLT...