Vyborgskaya Cellulose and Ekman collaborate on the world's largest wood pellet plant

Wood Pellet plant

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
Cellulose
Aleksey Kazmin
CEO
alexkazmin@hotmail.com
+7 813 78 219 17

Ekman & Co AB
Jan Svensson
CEO
jan.svensson@ekmanco.se
+1 305 776 40 49

Johan Granath
Head of Bioenergy
Division
johan.granath@ekmanco.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.