Heads of Housebuilding Division of Segezha Group
(affiliated to Sistema JSFC) and Sokol Timber Company JSC, Russian
leader of housebuilding, visited mills of the leading European
manufacturers of equipment for the production of glued beams, bars and
CLT-panels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The
company is negotiating the purchase of equipment for the creation of
the first plant for the production of CLT-panels for multi-storey wooden
house construction in Russia.
Russian
largest producer of laminated wood structures plans to start the
construction of the workshop for the CLT production in 2018. The
investments in new production will be about RUB 1.5 billion ($24
million). The construction period is about 1.5 years.Plant
representatives held a series of working meetings with the
manufacturers of modern industrial equipment Weinig AG and Minda
Industrieanlagen GMbH.
Dmitry Rudenko, Segezha Group
Vice President, Head of the Housebuilding Division, said: “We are
working in a close contact with the leading European manufacturers of
equipment for wooden house construction for about 1.5 years. Designing
the plant, an innovative one, is a difficult and very interesting task.
I’m sure we will soon launch a new production of cross laminated timber
panels, with strengthening the leadership position of the Sokol Timber
Company in the market of wooden house construction.”
Segezha Group (affiliated to Sistema JSFC) is one of the largest Russian vertically integrated timber holding companies.