Mayr-Melnhof’s (MM) new sawmill in Russia has been officially opened by Leningrad governor Valery Serdjukov.
The opening of the €80m mill in Efimoskij follows a three year construction process and five month trial operations.
”The Russian market is interesting for Mayr Melnhof in two repsects,” said CEO Joseph Dringel. “Firstly, it offers an abundance of timber and also there is demand for highly processed standard timber in Russia.”
Annual production capacity will be about 650,000m³ of roundood, resulting in 350,000m³ of sawn timber.
Primary markets for the spruce sawn timber are the Baltics, central Europe, Japan and north-west Europe. Around 15% is aimed at the Russian market.
