Source: Hugin
Feb. 16, 2010   ShareThis

Vyborgskaya Cellulose is building the world's largest wood pellet plant
at its facility in Russia near the border with Finland. Production
capacity will be over 900,000 tons per year. Construction of the plant
is underway and production is planned to start in the third quarter of
this year.

Vyborgskaya Cellulose has appointed Ekman & Co to be its exclusive
sales agent. In addition to sales, Ekman & Co will also assist
Vyborgskaya Cellulose with services in finance, risk management,
logistics and administration.

"We are very pleased that through our new Bioenergy business area, we
were able to enter into this collaboration with a range of Ekman's
skills," says Jan Svensson, President of Ekman & Co.


The raw material for pellets consists primarily of logs from Russia and
Belarus, which is partly FSC-certified. The timber will be supplied to
the plant by rail.
Vyborgskaya Cellulose is well placed geographically with short
distances to all key markets. The main port for export will be the Port
of Vyborg and pellets will be transported the short distance from the
factory by rail and truck.

"With the new plant in place, we will be able to increase the supply of
renewable energy, which is in great demand," says Aleksey Kazmin, CEO,
OJSC Vyborgskaya Cellulose.

End users of the pellets will mainly be power and cogeneration plants
across Europe.

"The market for wood pellets and other bioenergy products is growing in
line with the increasingly stringent political requirements to reduce
carbon dioxide emissions," says Johan Granath, Head of Bioenergy
division at Ekman & Co.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will supply all process
equipment for the pellet plant including debarking and chipping lines,
chip handling system, belt dryers, as well as hammer and pellet mills.

For further information, please contact:

OJSC Vyborgskaya    Ekman & Co AB  
Cellulose   Jan Svensson    Johan Granath
Aleksey Kazmin  CEO Head of Bioenergy
CEO jan.svensson@ekman- Division
alexkazmin@hotmail.com
co.se   johan.granath@ekman-
+7 813 78 219 17    +1 305 776 40 49    co.se
        +46 703 49 55 27

Vyborgskaya Cellulose was established in 1927 and produces pulp,
corrugated paper and wall paper base. The company also provides a water
treatment facility and district heating for the town of Sovetsky.

Ekman & Co was established in 1802 and is one of the world's leading
sales and marketing organizations focusing on the global forest
industry. Ekman & Co is active in pulp, paper, bioenergy products,
recovered materials and forest products derivatives.
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