Tag: ULK Group

ULK Group launched a new wood pellet plant in Pestovo

The plant’s production capacity is 60 thousand tons of wood pellets per year. A total wood pellets capacities of ULK Group, now is 300,000 tons per year. The opening was attended by Governor of the Novgorod Region Andrei...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: how the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) affects operations of world timber companies; the Russian Government to slash duties on pulpwood of Far Eastern species to zero and increase export quotas by the end of 2020; Russian Forest Industry Review 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2020: coronavirus infection was recorded in many countries of the world, the development of the situation showed that COVID-19 has a direct impact on all areas of the economy, including the timber industry — forest...

Russia: wood pellet exports grew by 28% and totaled almost 2 million tons in 2019

Russian exports of wood pellets showed the highest growth dynamics among all export-oriented timber industry products in 2019: +28% totaling 1.94 million tons. The data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) showed that production had amounted to...

Pestovsky LPK shipped over 18,000 m3 of sawn timber in February 2020

In February, the plant sawed 46,000 m3 of roundwood, dried 22,000 m3 and sorted over 20,000 m3 of sawn timber. ULK Group is continuing the modernization of Pestovsky LPK. In 2020, it has completed the construction of a...

Timber companies of the Arkhangelsk region supported the amendments to the Forest Code

The Committee for Forestry, Natural Resources, and Ecology of the Arkhangelsk Regional Parliament prepared a package of proposals on amendments to the RF Forest Code and submitted it to Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log price index in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log...

In January 2019, Pestovsky LPK broke all records: the volume of sawn timber production exceeded 30 thousand cubic meters

For the first time in the history of the Pestovo timber industry, all production indicators were exceeded, most of which in January exceeded 130% of the planned volume. This is reported by the press service of the group...

Russian Timber Journal №10-2018: demand for Russian plywood in the Arab market; in 2018, the overall value of Russia’s forest product exports will reach $12 billion; and sales forest product exports from Russia in Jan-Aug 2018

Russian Timber Journal №10-2018 The demand for Russian plywood in the Arab market In Russia, with the growth of plywood production capacities, companies are interested in scaling up and increasing the distribution channels for their products. In contrast...

Russian timber industry news #11-2016

– Kiev cardboard and paper mill (Ukraine, belongs to Pulp Mill Holding along with Russia’s Arkhangelsk PPM) became completely independent of the Russian market of wastepaper: over a four-month ban on the wastepaper exports from Russia, the plant...

Russian timber industry news #7-2015

– ULK Group (Ustyansky sawmill) has announced a new investment project in the Arkhangelsk region. The company plans to build an enterprise for processing thin logs in Ustyansky district. According to Group CEO Vladimir Butorin, the enterprise will...