Ilim Group Sets Pulp and Paper Production Records in 2010
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Ilim Group, St. Petersburg, Russia, reported this week that its mills manufactured 2,470,000 metric tons of pulp and paper products in 2010. This is 6% above the 2009 performance.
Market pulp production added up to 1,571,000 metric tons, with a 9% increase over the previous year. Board production gained 5%, amounting to 701,000 metric tons. Paper output decreased by 3%, equaling 198,000 metric tons. Overall pulp "cooking" grew by 5% from the amounts cooked in 2009 and reached 2,636,000 tons.
Paul Herbert, CEO of Ilim Group, noted that "2010 was definitely an outstanding year for Ilim Group. The Koryazhma Branch has made its millionth ton of product, setting an all-time record in the history of the Russian and European pulp and paper industry. Moreover, our company has started to implement two major investment projects involving installation of the world's largest and most up-to-date softwood fiber line in Bratsk and a new paper machine in Koryazhma. Completion of these projects will mark a new chapter in our company's success."
International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., USA, is a strategic partner of Ilim Group with 50% of its shares. The company's business assets in the Leningrad, Arkhangelsk, and Irkutsk Oblasts are the largest mills in the Russian forest products industry, accounting for more than 65% of the total pulp production in Russia and more than 25% of the Russian board production. Ilim Group employs more than 20,000 people.
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