Latvijas Finieris starts veneer production in Lithuania
Sep 19, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. The Latvian plywood manufacturer Latvijas Finieris will start veneer production in November of this year at its Lithuanian subsidiary Likmere UAB, Uk-merge. Only Lithuanian roundwood will be processed at the site.
Sep 19, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Likmere UAB new veneer production site incorporated into Latvijas Finieris will be opened in November this year, the company said. The mill will be equipped with modern technologies that will allow using wood resources even more efficiently.
Uldis Bikis, Latvijas Finieris CEO: “With this project in Lithuania and with restructurization of local production sites the concern continues to optimize chain of supply and production sites in Baltic region.
Thus Latvijas Finieris will use only EU wood resources from sustainably managed forests and from October 1 will stop purchasing round wood in Russia.