The participants of the extended meeting of TPP RF Committee that was held on December, 12, urged to amend the recently adopted Forest Code of Russian Federation.
According to managing director of “Forest” division, Dmitrii Zuev, the project of effective forest use around PPM called “Segezhskaya sosna” until now and from 2002 is in the stage of scientific developments and adjustments: initial approvals of it by Rosleskhoz in connection with new Forest Code introduction need additional consideration. “At our expense we updated data bases, prepared our project of normative base, but federal departments including Rosleskhoz limit regional authorities in lawmaking”,— noted D. Zuev.
He underlined that for all PPMs of the country the most urgent is the question of lack of raw materials.
“The radius of European PPM procurement does not exceed 100 km while in Russia it is increasing slowly but steadily and now it is 500 or even 800 km that is evidently a threatening tendency. Our project can increase the efficiency of use of one hectare of adjacent forest to PPM from 0,3–0,4 cub.m. to one and a half”,— stated D. Zuev.
According to him the project “Segezhskaya sosna” takes into account all ecological standards and is approved by all ecological organizations of the region.
On December, 7 2007 All-Russian exhibition-fair “Russian forest”’s results summation was
made in the Government of Vologda region. Investlesprom holding was rewarded with
gold medal of the exhibition for large investment projects implementation in the
regional forest complex.
A year ago in the end of 2006 the name of forest industry company “Investlesprom” was known in the forest industry only by the most informed. Today one cannot consider himself informed about forest business if he doesn’t know this name…
On December, 5 in Vologda in the course of annual exhibition “Russian forest” trilateral agreement about priority cooperation directions was signed between Bank of Moscow, Vologda region and forest industry holding Investlesprom. The agreement was signed by the President, JSC Bank of Moscow, Andrey Borodin, Vologda region governor, Vyatcheslav Pozgalev and general director, JSC “Investlesprom”, Dmitrii Maslov.
The Parties were approaching the signing of cooperation agreement during several months. The experience of similar agreement preparation (signed between Bank of Moscow, Investlesprom holding and government of Republic of Karelia on October, 10) was taken into account.
On November, 27–29 the 12th
annual conference of Adam Smith Institute was held in Vienna concerning pulp
and paper industry issues in Russia and CIS. First deputy minister of industry
and natural resources of Karelia, Vladimir Yuriev
took part in the conference. He told about participants of the conference and
issues discussed within it.
According to the Agreement of September 2007, on the 30th of November Segezha Packaging (part of Investlesprom Group) completed the acquisition of the Turkish cement sack operations of Isiklar Ambalaj, with 2 sack plants in Turkey, and a combined production capacity of 300M paper sacks per annum.
The inhabitants of Muezersk understand that full-fledged development of the
social sphere of the settlement will become possible after local economy formation.
For the first time during many years necessary preconditions have showed up: the
main enterprise of the region – Muezerskii LPH – has recently become the part
of a large Russian holding “Investlesprom”.
The agreement signed in October between Karelia and the holding assumes a
contribution into forest industry complex of the republic of record investments,
amount of which will constitute more than 20 mlrd. Rubles within the next few
years. First funds have already begun to come, including into Muezersk region –
the timber enterprise is repaying old debts, planning technical reequipment and
completion of wood converting plant in Muezersk settlement.
They associate their hopes for region’s revival in
particular with converting plant start-up (70 thousand cub.m. of raw wood per
year). The new production that will be put into operation in June, 2008 will
let to keep workplaces of the timber enterprise, will bring additional incomes
into budget and will permit not to decrease wood harvesting volumes after
introduction of obstructing customs duties for round wood export. In a word the
completion of the plant will open new prospects before the whole economy of
Muezersk region.
On November,
27 the chairman of Mordovia government, Vladimir Volkov, and the general director
of the company in CIS, Daniil Matukhin, addressed to journalists at the press-conference
in Republic’s institution.
On November, 10 JSC PPM “Kama” (Krasnokamsk town, Perm’ region) was visited by RF Natural resources minister, Yurii Trutnev.
The visit of city-forming enterprise, a part of Investlesprom holding, began from motor transport workshop. Minister was demonstrated with new short log trucks. Then Y. Trutnev and managers of the mill, town and region visited PM#7 on the basis of which it is planned to launch coated paper production project.
In November this year Segezha Packaging announced the start of construction of a sack production plant in Saransk in Central Russia. Segezha Packaging is part of Investlesprom Holding, a group which includes a range of forestry, wood processing and pulp & paper operations.
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