At the beginning of June Karelian government will examine the packet of proposals of creation of the biggest north-west wood processing holding company on the basis of the largest wood processing company Karellesprom and a number of Segegsky pulp and paper mill. It was informed on Wednesday by press-center of Segegsky pulp and paper. It was declared officially at the occurred beforehand evening conference of the admin of Segegsky mill. Segegsky mill has obtained 25% stocks of Karellesprom. Two representatives of mill CEO Vasili Premin and director of strategic development Andrei Zasorin have been included in Board of Directors.The holding company will specialize on lumber. Timber industry complex is the priority pace-setter of The Strategy of social and economic development of North-West federal region to 2015. The substitute of plenipotentiary Lubov Sovershaeva has become the chairman of recently created The Association of north-west timber merchants. Centralization and extension of timber cutting undertaken in Karelia aims to raise competitiveness of regional forest exporters on international market where they are pressure tested by Finland.