OREANDA-NEWS. October 26, 2009. Over the nine months of 2009, the Koryazhma Branch of Ilim Group, part of Business Unit Ilim West, has produced 653,000 tons of market pulp and paper products, which is 13% less than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

Among other products, market pulp production amounted to 175,000 tons. This is 36% less than in the first nine months of 2008. The reason of such a reduction is closure of technologically backward and non-effective in terms of production costs dissolving pulp production in the beginning of 2009 year.

Containerboard production went up by 13%, equaling 325,000 tons. Paper production amounted to 152,000 tons, which is 20% less than in the corresponding period in the previous year. By product types, this means 54,000 tons of sack paper, 79,000 tons of offset paper, and 19,000 tons of wallpaper. Board and paper manufacturing volumes were adjusted due to implementation of the anti-recession action plan aimed at making products demanded in the market.

The Koryazhma Branch of OJSC Ilim Group received a total of 3,022,000 cubic meters of wood, which is 22% less than in the first nine months of 2008.

In December 2008, OAO Ilim Gofra became part of BU Ilim West. Ilim Gofra's manufacturing output in the nine months of 2009 was fully in line with the Annual Plan, which is over 60 million m2 of products.