News in 2008 year

11 December 2008 Ilimsky Lesnoy Center (Ilim Group) Receives FSC Chain of Custody Certificate: Ilimsky Lesnoy Center (a primary timber processing enterprise in the Irkutsk Oblast) was awarded a Chain of Custody Certificate in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standard.
9 December 2008 Ilim Group Branches Have Signed Collective Bargaining Agreements: All Ilim Group's branches in Bratsk, Ust-Ilimsk and Koryazhma have signed collective bargaining agreements for a 3-year period, 2009 through 2011. These documents are one of the most important tools in cooperation of Mills' management, trade unions and employees in terms of following civilized social partnership principles. All of the newly signed agreements retain the social protection and benefits package.
25 November 2008 Heads Of Ilim Group And The Arkhangelsk Oblast Administration Discuss The Crisis Recovery Action Plan For The Forestry Sector And Sign A Cooperation Agreement: A formal meeting between Paul Herbert, CEO of Ilim Group, and Iliya Mikhalchuk, Governor of the Arkhangelsk Oblast, took place in Arkhanglesk yesterday.
31 October 2008 Ilim East Business Unit Pulp and Paper Output Up 2.1% To 1 Million Tons: October 31, 2008 — During the first nine months of 2008, the pulp and paper output of Ilim Group enterprises integrated into Ilim East business unit (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Branches) amounted to 1 million 70.1 thousand tons, i.e. up 2.1% over the first nine months of 2007
22 October 2008 Ilim West Business Unit, Ilim Group, Pulp and Paper Output Up 6.6%: During the first nine months of 2008, the pulp and paper output of Ilim Group enterprises integrated into Ilim West business unit (the Koryazhma Branch) amounted to 753.2 thousand tons, i.e. up 6.6% over the first nine months of 2007.
18 July 2008 Ilim Holding And Knauf Have Signed An Agreement Concerning St. Petersburg Cartonboard And Printing Mill: Ilim Holding S. A. (the owner of Ilim Group) and Knauf have signed an agreement concerning the purchase of 56% of Saint-Petersburg Cartonboard and Printing Mill (KPK) shares owned by Ilim Holding S. A. by the Russian division of Knauf Company.
17 July 2008 Ilim East Business Unit Produces Over 700 Thousand Tons Of Pulp And Paper Products: St. Petersburg, Russia — July 17, 2008 — During the first six months of 2008, pulp and paper output of Ilim Group Mills, integrated in Ilim East business unit, (Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk branches) went up 3.9% to 702.5 thousand tons. Market pulp output amounted to 587.5 thousand tons, 0.9% up as compared to January — June 2007.
4 July 2008 Ilim Group Investment Project in the Arkhangelsk Oblast Is Granted The Status Of Priority Project By Ministry Of Industry And Trade of Russia: St. Petersburg, Russia — July, 4th — «Modernization of paper and board and white papers production» project of Ilim Group, which is going to be implemented in Arkhangelsk Region, is included in the list of priority projects in the sphere of forests reclamation by the order of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation.
30 June 2008 Ilim Group Chooses a Supplier for Timber Trucks As A Part Of Own Forest Strategy Implementation: Ilim Group has signed a contract with a world leading producer of specialized forest equipment SISU Auto for the delivery of 91 timber trucks combinations to Ilim Group logging companies. Tracks deliveries for Ust-Ilimsk logging companies of Ilim in Irkutsk Region will be done during autumn 2008.
18 June 2008 Ilim Group Starts Winning Russian Corrugated Packaging Market: Today in town of Kommunar (Leningrad region) a new corrugated packaging plant of Ilim Group was launched — the most advanced corrugated plant in the North-Western region of Russia.
7 May 2008 During The First Quarter Ilim East Business Unit (Ilim Group), Produced Over 365 Thousand Tonnes Of Pulp And Paper Products: During the first quarter of 2008, pulp and paper output of Ilim Group Mills, integrated in Ilim East business unit, (Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk branches) went up 1.9% to 365.6 thousand tonnes.
29 April 2008 Ilim West Business Unit, Ilim Group, Commodity Output Up Over 5%: During the first quarter of 2008, pulp and paper output of Ilim Group Mills, included in Ilim West business unit, (Koryazhma branch of Ilim Group, St. Petersburg Cartonboard And Printing Mill) amounted to 316 thousand tonnes, 5.1% up as compared to January — March 2007.
25 April 2008 Ust-Ilimsk Branch Of Ilim Certified According To International Standards: Ust-Ilimsk branch of Ilim Group completed the second compliance audit of its quality management system and third compliance audit of its systems of environmental management and occupational health and security management according to the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001standards.
2 April 2008 Ilim Group Branches Among Russia's Top 100 Environmental Companies: Ilim Group Branches in Koryazhma, Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk became winners of the annual contest, «Russia's Top 100 Environment and Environmental Management Companies», during the Second All-Russian Environment and Production Conference that took place in Saint Petersburg, and were awarded honorary diplomas.
1 April 2008 The Bratsk Branch of Ilim Group has gone through the scheduled management system audit: From March 25 through March 28 the Bratsk Branch of ILIM Group has passed a recertification audit of the integrated management system for compliance with OHSAS 18001:2007 international standard requirements in the area of occupational health and safety of the employees. This was the first audit since the introduction of the new OHSAS specification standard.
22 February 2008 Local Authorities Approve Ilim Group Investment Project In Irkutsk Oblast: Ilim Group's investment project aimed at extending current facilities and establishing new advanced woodworking production units in Siberia was approved by the Investment Council under Irkutsk oblast governor today.
22 February 2008 Bratsk Branch Of Ilim Group Completes Second Supply Chain Management FSC Compliance Audit: Bratsk branch of Ilim Group completed the second compliance audit of its supply chain management system in accordance with the requirements of Forest Stewardship Council. The audit was based on the new FSC standards CTD 40-004 (2).
19 February 2008 Ilim Group To Provide Its Logging Companies With Cellular: Ilim Group and Orange Business Services (a company of a world leading communications operator France Telecom) have signed a contract to establish a corporate satellite computer network for the Group's 30 logging companies in Arkhangelsk and Irkutsk oblasts.
8 February 2008 Ilim Group Ust-Ilimsk Branch Issues 2007 Collective Agreement Fulfilment Results: Over 48.6 RUB mln was spent in 2007 to fulfil social guarantees and benefits according to the collective agreement approved by Ust-Ilimsk Branch of Ilim Group. In 2007, the collective agreement was implemented fully in all its sections.
8 February 2008 Ilim Group Submits Investment Project In Irkutsk Region: Ilim Group presented a 2008-2012 Siberia investment project during a task force meeting headed by Viktor Dolgov at the Irkutsk region Administration office today. It is required that the company should gain support by the regional authorities in order to submit its project application on the federal level and obtain the status of a priority investment project.
16 January 2008 Ilim Group Issues 2007 Results: Ilim Group companies produced 2 mln 587 thousand tonnes of pulp and paper products during the year 2007, 4.8% up year-over-year. Market pulp output grew 4.8% totalling 1 mln 555.9 thousand tonnes, board output went up 0.1% to 755.7 thousand tonnes. Paper output went down slightly (0.6%) amounting to 258.8 thousand tonnes.
15 January 2008 St. Petersburg Cartonboard And Printing Mill (Ilim Group) Completes Recertification Audit Of Professional Security And Occupational Health Management: St. Petersburg Cartonboard and Printing Mill (Ilim Group) recertified its audit of its management system in the area of professional security and occupational safety, in accordance with the requirements of OHSAS 18001:1999. The audit showed that the system complies with all the standard's requirements and renewed its international certificate for another year.