Cherepovetsles

Is one of the largest timber companies in the North-West of Russia
About company
Company
foundation
year
1994

The Holding company "Cherepovetsles" is one of the largest timber companies in the North-West of Russia. It consists of four logging enterprises, two sawmills and biofuel production, implementing the activity in four districts of the Vologda region. The head office of the company is located in Cherepovets.

The high quality of wood products is recognized by domestic and foreign buyers. Round timber and sawn timber by Cherepovetsles has been delivered to the largest enterprises in Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, England, France and China. The products are transported to the customers by water, trucks and railway.

Company
foundation
year
1994
1,7 millions m³
Annual round timber feeling volume
270000
Sawn timber produced
755000 ga
Own leased area
1,7 millions m³
Allowable cut volume

The strategic activity direction of the Cherepovetsles holding company is timber harvesting and wood processing.

The main products of timber harvesting are sawlogs, peeler logs, aspen, birch, spruce and pine pulpwood. The harvesting operation is carried out according to Scandinavian technology in final and selective felling using imported equipment. Today the wood harvesting is implemented by 16 logging complexes at the holding enterprises.

The main product of wood processing is kiln dried spruce and pine sawn timber. The additional woodworking product is biofuel (wood pellets and briquettes), the cellulose chips and sawdust.

Activity geography

We supply the product to 40 countries. Export volume is 1.2 millions m³

Cherepovetsles
Seedlings annually planted
2 mln
Environmental liability
Seedlings annually planted
2 mln

The concern for the preservation of the diversity of nature is one of the main conditions of the company activities.

The holding enterprises lease more than 755 thousand hectares of woodlands. The development of cutting areas is carried out using methods of sustainable forest management.

Cutting area operations are done in accordance with principles of sustainable forest management. Company activities are approved not only by the environmental departments of our foreign customers, but also by leading environmental organizations.

The Cherepovetsles Holding and its enterprises are certified similar to the Forest etalon certification.

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Company's history
1929

"Cherepovetsky LPH" started to operate in October. The main tasks were: organization of timber harvesting, timber floating and forestry.

1931

Boom company was organized on the basis of "Cherepovetsky LPH". In 5 years it became the leading enterprise within trust company "Cherepovetsles". The boom company was engaged in timber floating along 35 rivers with total length of floatable ways of about 2000 km.

1933

"Cherepovetsky LPH" set up the production of railway sleepers. Equipment for production of broad and narrow sleepers, crossing sleepers and sawn timber began to operate at the Suda railway station. 45 thousand sleepers were produced during the first year of operation.

1937

The name of "Cherepovetsles" was officially registered. Trust company with the same name was organized on the basis of the boom company.

1941

In several months after the beginning of the War in the office building of "Cherepovetsles" (Lenina str., 80) an evacuating hospital was organized, where the injured soldiers were cured. The company's staff members continued working in the same building.

1942

The trust company was awarded with the Red Banner of defense for its work under severe war conditions.

1945

The company began returning to peaceful life and summing up results of the War years. During the period from 1941 till 1945 more than 70 workers of the trust company, including 41 women have been rewarded with the orders and medals.

1950

The company came back to the prewar volumes of production. In comparison with 1946 all the production indexes have been increased by 2.5 times.

1977

Ministry of forest and wood working industry of the USSR issued the Order No. 166. Purpose of this document is to stimulate development of wood working enterprises. As the result, the trust company "Cherepovetsles" was transformed into a larger structure – industrial logging association with the same name. In addition to Cherepovets boom company and a number of other timber logging enterprises, Zhelyabov timber factory and Suda house-building company were included into the enlarged "Cherepovetsles". Association began to produce large amounts of logs, boards, chips, parts for houses and school desks, box containers.

1981

Association "Cherepovetsles" fulfilled the planned targets and was awarded with the Honorable Diplomas of the RSFSR government. The same year the Association founded the Labour Museum. It exhibited photos and illustrations, production awards and etc.

1982

The first issue of the corporation newspaper "Forest Worker" came out in January. On its pages the editorial staff proclaimed that it would publish not only information about labour success but also "Everything that creates obstacles to carry out taken socialistic obligations, state plans and tasks… all these will be severely criticized." The journalists responsibly fulfilled their duties until both association and newspaper ceased to exist in 1991.

1997

The company was acknowledged as "The Best Russian Exporter" in timber industry. This title was confirmed by the Honourable Diploma of the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the Russian Federation.

2001

The modern sawmill started to operate in N. Mondoma (Belozersk district) in July. The sawmill was built at the "Cherepovetsles" expense and equipped with the advanced machinery. It can produce from 60 thousand cbm of sawn timber annually.

2004

"Belozersky LPH" - the largest enterprise in the Holding structure – was one of the first enterprises in Vologda region to be certified against the international standards of forest management. "Belozersky LPH" confirmed that its activity complies with the economical, ecological and social criteria of sustainable forest management.

2005

Company activity was noted in two contests at a time. The Holding became the winner of the all-Russia "Lesprom.ru" award in the nomination "For effective forest management" and of the national "Golden Mercury" award in the field of entrepreneurship. Company’s ecological rating was leveled up to "Eco A+".

2014

In 2014 “Cherepovetsles “ launched production of fuel briquettes on the basis of advance equipment by C.F.Nielsen (Denmark). Briquette mill is located on AO “Belozerky LPH” base. Production facilities allow us to produce 12 000 tons of fuel briquettes per year.

2017

The company implemented the project for the construction of a new modern sawmill for the production of dry coniferous sawn timber of export quality with a capacity of 100,000 m³ per year. The initiator of the project was OOO Belozerskles, which was the part of the holding company.

2019

The workshop for the production of wood pellets was put into operation on the AO Belozersky site LPH in October, which was located in N. Mondoma. The factory was able to produce up 30,000 tons per year.

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