Tag: Sveza

Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: interview with Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza; in 2022, Russian timber harvesting volumes dropped to the lowest level in the last 9 years; Russian timber exporters were able to reimburse up to 80% of their costs of product transportation via sea ports in the Northwestern Federal District; Federation Council suggested introducing prohibitive duties on furniture and paper from unfriendly countries; Essity has exited the Russian market; Luzales plans to open new plywood plant in the Omsk region; Russian plywood output increased in June 2023

Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza: “The period when the demand for birch plywood surpassed the supply in the available markets is over. The approach to sales changed too.”; According to the Rosleskhoz, in 2022, the...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: interview with Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group; regional authorities ask to support the Russian timber enterprises due to the persisting tense situation in the industry; the Government of the Russian Federation extended the list of checkpoints along the land border with Kazakhstan authorised to process exports of timber products; Ilim Group became the largest timber harvesting enterprise in Russia in 2022; VLP Group to invest 2.6 billion rubles in Hasslacherles’ former enterprise; Segezha Group sold its European paper packaging enterprises for €100 million; L-PACK to invest over 10 billion rubles to build a corrugated cardboard plant in the Moscow region

Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group: “We are witnessing a serious imbalance between the freight traffic flows and the availability of transport means”; the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies (AOSD) held an expanded meeting of...

Sveza to invest about 400 million rubles in the modernization of its production facility in the Perm region in 2023

As follows from a press release of the company, Sveza will invest 400 million rubles to modernize its plant in the village of Uralsky in 2023. The funds will be used to enhance the environmental safety, to comprehensively...

Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: interview with Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group; state support measures for the Russian timber industry affected by the sanctions pressure; China reduced log imports from all the main suppliers in 2022; Vladimir Putin proposed to grant enterprises a deferment on forest area lease payments for unharvested timber; the Government of the Russian Federation increased the maximum amount of compensation for the expenses of timber enterprises for the transportation of their products; in 2022, Russia reduced the volume of logging by 13.5% to 194.6 million m³, according to Roslesinforg; Russian Railways resumed accepting sawn timber for export shipments through Kazakhstan; International Paper reaches agreement to sell ownership interest in Ilim joint venture; Segezha Group may reorient the Segezha West project to new products; the volume of furniture export from Russia dropped by 39% YoY in 2022, down to 29.5 billion rubles; Luzales and Slotex acquire Russian assets of IKEA

Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group: “This is a good time to improve the efficiency of both production and administrative processes of enterprises”; support measures mentioned by the business, relevant agencies, regions, the Government...

Sveza to invest 100 million rubles in expanding its production of wood briquettes in 2023

As a press release of the company announces, Sveza Group will invest 100 million rubles in expanding its RUF wood briquettes production facilities in 2023. It is intended to increase the total biofuel output from 18,000 to 29,000...

Alexey Mordashov handed over control of Sveza Group to its top managers

After the Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov was included in western countries’ sanction lists, he decided to hand over his controlling interest in Sveza Group. The timber company previously owned by Severgroup LLC was transferred to the top management...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Interview with Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export of sawn timber; EU bans imports of wood pulp and paper from Russia; Egypt imports Russian plywood at record-setting rates; over 9 months of 2022, Russian plywood output reduced by a fourth; Segezha Group reviewed the priority of building new pulp and paper mills in Karelia and the Krasnoyarsk Region; Russian printing houses may shut down due to a shortage of western equipment

Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association: “Private housing projects are a market of cut-throat competition”; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export...

Sveza invested over 70 million rubles in upgrading a plant in the Vologda Region

The plant in Novator has invested over 70 million rubles in projects on upgrading the existing production and improving working conditions and safety since the start of 2022, according to Sveza’s press office. This investment is supposed to...

Sveza enhancing GTT certification for its SVEZA Gas plywood and anticipating a spike in sales

French cargo containment technology provider GTT granted official approval to use SVEZA Gas in its new cargo containment system NO96 Super+, making Sveza the first Russian company to have the ‘approved supplier’ status for GTT’s five existing LNG...

Sveza’s plywood mill in St. Petersburg has produced 2,300 tons of fuel briquettes to date

In the period from January to July 2022, Sveza’s plywood mill in St. Petersburg produced 2,331 tons of premium quality RUF wood briquettes. Large retail chains, traders, construction depots, and end users such as bathhouses, saunas, and individuals,...

Sveza’s plywood mills in the Kostroma Region invested in production facilities over 125 million rubles in 1H 2022

The mill in Manturovo has started up a new automated cutting line for making non-standard plywood sizes. The new line has high energy conservation and energy efficiency performance. The total cost of the project is 43 million rubles....

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...