Today, the Ministry hosted a videoconference meeting on the procurement and supply of timber to the Kastamonu woodworking plant. The event was attended by the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Kuzyurov, his deputy Rais Gumerov and the general director of Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry LLC Ali Kilich.
During the meeting, issues of harvesting, transportation of wood to the Kastamonu plant in 2021, pricing, etc. were considered.
For reference. Kastamonu was founded in 1969 as part of the HAYAT holding. The group of companies specializes in the production of MDF, chipboard, laminated flooring, door linings and glossy panels. Annual production of wood-based panels is 5 million m³, laminated flooring ‒ 70 million m². Kastamonu has 18 enterprises in 7 countries: Turkey, Russia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, USA. The company ranks 7th in the world and 4th in Europe among the largest manufacturers of the woodworking industry.