Sep 21, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Fankom, one of the biggest Russian plywood mills (Sverdlovsk region) celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2012. The mill belongs to SVEZA Group. In these 40 years, the mill has become a modern company, and has increased its production output by 3.5 times, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. Today Fankom is a modern company producing up to 180,000 cubic metres of plywood per year. The product range includes interior and exterior birch plywood, film-faced and coniferous plywood. The mill has 1,800 employees. 2012 was a strategically important year for the mill. On April 18, Fankom joined SVEZA Group, which is a world leading producer of birch plywood. “Fankom was acquired by the large Russian holding. I am confident that by joining SVEZA Group it will drive growth at our plant and across the region as a whole," said the CEO of Fankom, Aleksey Deryabin.