Tag: Sveza

Sveza mill in the Perm Region increased capacity by 25%

The Sveza mill in Uralsky completed a major investment project resulting in production capacity increase by 40,000 m³ per year. The investments amounted to over 1 billion rubles. Full-scale modernisation of woodworking facilities of the plywood mill in...

Sveza mill in St. Petersburg has begun the production of plywood of a new format

Sveza mill in St. Petersburg has launched the production of large-format plywood measuring 5×11 feet (1525х3355 mm). The introduction of a new product is due, on the one hand, to the customer demand in the transport and construction...

Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity; the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia held the IV LPK 360° Timber Industry Forum themed A New Era of Development as part of the measures for the development of the timber industry; the Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030; how soon will Russia become the world’s largest wood pellet supplier?

Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: WhatWood Agency interviewed Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group, about the expectations for wooden housing construction and the CLT construction technology that is relatively new for Russia; WhatWood Agency summarizes key theses of the plenary...

New CNC machine has been launched at Sveza mill in St. Petersburg

Sveza has put a second CNC machine with programmed numerical control at its mill in St. Petersburg. The new equipment is capable of producing parts of any given configuration from large-format plywood sheets with a thickness of up...

Sveza has increased its forest lease by more than a third in 2020

Sveza Group continues to work on its own logging program. On investment terms, in 2020 the Company received a long-term lease for three plots in the Kostroma region and Perm region with a total area of 184 thousand hectares,...

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...

Sveza and Leroy Merlin agreed on direct supplies of plywood

Sveza Group signed a plywood supply agreement with Leroy Merlin, the largest DIY chain in Russia. For the company, this is the first direct contract with a retail client of such format. The volume of deliveries can amount...

Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: projected construction of a timber industry complex on the Sakhalin island, Russia, will have the capacity to process over 1.2 million m³ of raw material per year; a significant rise in prices for particleboards is being observed in Russia; interview with Yury Shishkunov, Head of LesoTorgovaya Companiya LLC; Russian sawn timber exports to Japan in 2020, results and outlook

Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: by the directive of the Sakhalin regional government, it is planned to construct one of the largest wood processing centers in all of Russia; Russian retail prices for particleboards began to rise; Yury Shishkunov: “If...

Sveza may open a production venue processing pulplogs in the Leningrad Region

This possibility was discussed by Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the Leningrad Region, and Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sveza. Sveza is currently selecting the project and the Russian region where the new production venue...

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: European Union is going to conduct an anti-dumping investigation in relation to birch plywood import from Russia, EU may impose duties; interview with Ilya Korotkov, Director General at Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill; Russia is consistently growing the export of larch sawn timber

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: the European Commission reported the start of the investigation that will determine whether Russian birch plywood import is subject to dumping and whether the European Union industry was harmed; WhatWood Agency had a conversation...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: how a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs and precious hardwood will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing; interview with Alexey Ryzhikov, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) CEO; EU to launch anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022, how this decision will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of...

Russian Timber Journal 08-2020: Ranking of Top 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2019: slowing down as global economy growth decelerates; interview with Management at Metadynea – Russia’s largest synthetic resins producer; the Russian wood-based panel sector is trying to recover from the recession of the coronavirus crisis

Russian Timber Journal 08-2020: the total revenue of the Top-100 forestry companies in 2019 amounted to RUB 1.19 trillion, which in current prices is only 0.44% more than in 2018, and this is the minimum growth rate over...