Concern delegation headed by Chairman Yuri Nazarov went on a business trip to Finland.
Heads of pulp and paper mills – OJSC Svetlogorsk Pulp and Board Plant, RUE Newsprint plant (“Zavod Gazetnoy Bumagi”) and holdnig Belarusian Wallpaper (“Belorusskie Oboi”) – went to Finland for talks with Finnish companies ANDRITZ Oy and METSÄ Group.
According to the press-service of Bellesbumprom, the parties plan to discuss the implementation of joint projects within the framework of the new production of coated and uncoated types of cardboard that is being built on the basis of Dobrush paper factory Geroj Truda and holdnig Belarusian Wallpaper (“Belorusskie Oboi”). The Belarusian side expects foreign direct investment to the development of this production. The parties will also discuss technological cooperation of Finnish companies with Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paperboard and Newsprint plant (“Zavod Gazetnoy Bumagi”), and the questions of future cooperation in attracting investments of Finnish companies in the pulp and paper industry of Belarus.
ANDRITZ Group is the international market leader in the field of electro-mechanical equipment and provision of services for hydropower, pulp and paper, steel and other specialized industries (solid-liquid separation, production of feed and biofuel). The company has 180 production sites, service and sales organizations in various countries around the world.
Metsä Group is an association of responsible forest companies that use wood from renewable and sustainably managed forests of Northern Europe in the manufacture of products. Metsä Group produces hygiene products and baking paper, cardboard for packaging of consumer products, pulp, wood products as well as engaged in timber harvesting. The Group operates in 30 countries.
Source: ej.by