Vyborgskaya Cellulose and Ekman & Co collaborate on the world's largest wood pellet plant
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Vyborgskaya Cellulose is building the world's largest wood pellet plant at itsfacility in Russia near the border with Finland. Production capacity will beover 900,000 tons per year. Construction of the plant is underway and productionis 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 withservices in finance, risk management, logistics and administration."We are very pleased that through our new Bioenergy business area, we were ableto enter into this collaboration with a range of Ekman's skills," says JanSvensson, 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 allkey markets. The main port for export will be the Port of Vyborg and pelletswill 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 ofrenewable energy, which is in great demand," says Aleksey Kazmin, CEO, OJSCVyborgskaya Cellulose.End users of the pellets will mainly be power and cogeneration plants acrossEurope."The market for wood pellets and other bioenergy products is growing in linewith the increasingly stringent political requirements to reduce carbon dioxideemissions,"says Johan Granath, Head of Bioenergy division at Ekman & Co.International technology Group ANDRITZ will supply all process equipment for thepellet plant including debarking and chipping lines, chip handling system, beltdryers, 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(at)ekman- Division alexkazmin(at)hotmail.com co.se johan.granath(at)ekman-
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