Forest industry confederation of North-West arranged with Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc. about cooperation

Mar 07, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Forest industry confederation of North-West (Russia) has arranged with Finnish Heinola Sawmill Machinery Inc. about cooperation. One of Heinola’s business activities is production of chipping machines. Russian specialists are interested in chipping machines because utilization of biofuel is becoming more and more popular. Brush wood may be processed in wood chips using special technique which is in Finland. Then wood chips may be used in boiler-rooms. Finnish and Russian parties expect long-term cooperation. According to Forest industry confederation of North-West, about 16 million cubic meters of wood waste is annually generated in northwestern district but only part of them is used. The rest may be turned into wood chips for further utilization in boiler-rooms.