The Bratsk Mill was founded in 1965 as the largest full cycle forestry complex in the country.
The Mill products include softwood and hardwood pulp, paperboard, and forest chemicals. Current headcount exceeds 2,500 people and the total annual output is 1.3 million tons. Key markets for the Mill’s products are China and Southeast Asia.
The Mill is among strategically important companies of the Irkutsk Oblast. Over the years, it has fostered various projects aimed at supporting culture, education, sports, and developing new technologies, infrastructure, and social welfare in the city and region alike.
Vyacheslav Mikheenko
The Integrated Management System of the Bratsk Mill is certified to meet the requirements of the international standards, such as quality standard ISO 9001:2015 (No. RU — 005262 dated December 24, 2023), environmental standard ISO 14001:2015 (No. RU — 005263 dated December 24, 2023), and occupational health and safety standard ISO 45001:2018 (No. RU — 005264 dated December 24, 2023).
The Mill manufactures products meeting the requirements of the National System for Forest Certification and holds certificates No. NSFC-RU-0104-CoC-00001-24 for custody of chain management and No. NSFC-RU-0104-FM-00001-24 for forest management.
Two Ilim’s Forest Branches in the Ust‑Ilimsk and Bratsk Districts, incorporated under Forest-Siberia structural unit, supply feedstock to the Ust‑Ilimsk and Bratsk Mills.
Dmitry Pakhomov
Igor Koroteev
The Branch’s leased temberlands in the Bratsk District are located across eight forestry units and seven administrative districts: Tayshetskiy, Bratskiy, Chunskiy, Ust‑Udinskiy, Balaganskiy, Zhigalovskiy, and Nizhneudinskiy.
Total supply of round timber and wood chips: about 6.1 million cubic meters.
In addition to harvesting and feedstock supply, the Branch is involved in reforestation across 23,000 ha, tending of young and mid‑age stands, fire safety activities, as well as construction, maintenance and repair of forest roads.
Konstantin Kirillov
The Branch activities meet the requirements of the National System for Forest Certification, a voluntary certification system.